1 John 4:18-19

¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.r

¹⁹We love because he first loved us.s

1 João 4 is the theological heart of John's first letter, pivoting from the call to love one another (chapter 3) to the foundation that makes such love possible: God's own nature as love. The chapter opens with a sober warning to test the spirits, distinguishing the Spirit of tru