1 John 4:18
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
φόβος
The anxious dread that shrinks you and keeps love at a distance — the kind that punishes your heart before anything even goes wrong.
ἀγαπάω
Love
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ἀγαπάω
Unconditional, self-giving love — the kind God who is love himself pours out completely — leaves no room for fear to survive in a person's heart.
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κόλασις
Torment
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κόλασις
Fear shrinks us because deep down we expect consequences — but when we truly grasp how loved we are, that dread of punishment loses its grip.
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εἰμί
there is
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εἰμί
Fear and love cannot occupy the same space at the same time — one of them is always true, and perfect love is the reality that cancels fear out.
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τέλειος
perfect
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τέλειος
Love that has fully grown into what God designed it to be leaves no room for fear to take root.
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ἔχω
has;
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ἔχω
Fear carries within it an inbuilt torment that grips and controls you, but love displaces that grip entirely.
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φοβέω
fearing
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φοβέω
Living with anxiety and dread, unable to fully trust God's love because some part of you still expects punishment rather than acceptance.
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τελειόω
has been perfected
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τελειόω
Love that has fully matured in you leaves no room for fear — and that maturity isn't something you manufacture, it's something God completes in you over time.
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