1 John 4:18
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.
There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: because feare hath torment: hee that feareth, is not made perfect in loue.
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74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
74That hee would grant vnto vs, that wee beeing deliuered out of the hands of our enemies, might serue him without feare,
75In holinesse and righteousnesse before him, all the dayes of our life.
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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
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1 John 4:18
1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: Extreme pain or anguish; something that causes severe distress. Sense 2: To afflict or distress greatly.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
17Herein is †our loue made perfect, that wee may haue boldnesse in the day of Iudgement, because as hee is, so are we in this world.
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.
18There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: because feare hath torment: hee that feareth, is not made perfect in loue.
Selected passage19We love him, because he first loved us.
19We loue him: because hee first loued vs.