4:18 There
is no fear in love,
but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with
punishment.
The
one who
fears punishment
has
not been
perfected in love.
19 We love because he loved us first.
20 If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
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