1 John 4:17-21
4:17 By this
love is perfected with
us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus
is, so also are we in this world.
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.
4:19 We love
because he loved us first.
4:20 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.
4:21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.