Verse 18

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
• Rom 8:15 : 15 for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba -- Father.'
• 1 John 4:12 : 12 God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered, 75 To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.
• Heb 12:28 : 28 wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;
• Job 15:21 : 21 A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.