1 John 4:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ· ἀλλʼ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον: ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει. Ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ.

Transliteration

Phobos ouk estin in the agapē; but the teleia agapē exō ballei the phobon: because the phobos kolasin echei. The de phoboumenos ou teteleiōtai in the agapē.

Grammar Details

*Phobos*: nominative, masculine, singular - fear
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*agapē*: dative, feminine, singular - love
*teleia*: nominative, feminine, singular - perfect/complete
*exō*: adverb - outside/out
*ballei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - casts/throws
*phobon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fear
*phobos*: nominative, masculine, singular - fear
*kolasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - punishment
*echei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - has
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*phoboumenos*: present middle/passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - one who fears
*ou*: negative particle - not
*teteleiōtai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - has been perfected

Word Meanings

*Phobos*: fear/terror/dread
*agapē*: love/divine love/selfless love
*teleia*: perfect/complete/mature
*ballei*: casts/throws/expels
*kolasin*: punishment/torment/correction
*echei*: has/holds/involves
*phoboumenos*: one who fears/fearing/being afraid
*teteleiōtai*: has been perfected/has been completed/has been brought to fullness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God gave us {G1325} not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
Rom 8:15 : 15 For ye {G2983} received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
1 John 4:12 : 12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Heb 12:28 : 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby {G1223} we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
Job 15:21 : 21 A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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