16 So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for the Day of Judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. And he who fears is not made perfect in love.