1 John 4:18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.

Cross References

2 Timothy 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe;

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Job 15:21

Terrifying sounds are in their ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.

Matthew 9:34

But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.”