1 John 4:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ ·Where God’s love is, there is no fear [^LThere is no fear in love], because ·God’s perfect love drives out fear [^Tperfect love casts out fear]. It is punishment that makes a person fear, so love is not made ·perfect [complete] in the person who fears [^Cfear of punishment, not an appropriate fear of God; compare Prov. 1:7; 2 Cor. 7:15; Phil. 2:12].

¹⁹ We love because ·God [^Lhe] first loved us. ²⁰ If people say, “I love God,” but hate their brothers or sisters [^Cfellow believers], they are liars. [^LFor] Those who do not love their brothers and sisters [^Cfellow believers], whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen.