18 There is no fear in love; but (A)perfect love casts out fear, because fear [a]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not (B)perfected in love. 19 (C)We love, because He first loved us. 20 (D)If someone says, “I love God,” and (E)hates his brother, he is a (F)liar; for (G)the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, (H)cannot love God whom he has not seen.

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