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1 John 4:18 meaning: perfect love casts out fear. What the verse says in 1 John 4, next to God is love and we love because he first loved us.

1 John 4:8 meaning: God is love. What the verse says, why whoever does not love does not know God, and how 1 John 4:9-10 shows that love in Jesus.

John 3:16 meaning: for God so loved the world. God's love gives his one and only Son, so that whoever believes has eternal life.

1 Corinthians 13:12 meaning: through a glass, darkly. Now we see in a mirror; then face to face, knowing fully as we are known.

1 John 4:18 says there is no fear in love. Fear has to do with punishment — dread of judgment — and God's love removes that fear.

1 John 4:19 says we love because he first loved us. God loved first, and our love for him and for others answers his love.

1 John 4:8 says, "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." Read the meaning and the context in 1 John 4:7-12.

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