1 John 4:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
1 John 4:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 John 4:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 John 4:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.”
1 John 4:18 — World English Bible
1 John 4:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
1 John 4:18 — American Standard Version
1 John 4:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
1 John 4:18 — Young's Literal Translation
1 John 4:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love. ”
1 John 4:18 — Darby Translation
1 John 4:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath painefulnesse: and he that feareth, is not perfect in loue.”
1 John 4:18 — Geneva Bible
1 John 4:18 in Context — 1 John 4
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
What Does 1 John 4:18 Mean?
1 John 4:18 is a verse from the Book of 1 John, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 John chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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