18There 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.


In Context

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 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.

19 We love, 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

1 John 4:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18There 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:18There 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is not made perfect in love.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18fear 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.