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18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

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18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love [a]turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear [b]brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:18 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. 1 John 4:18 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.