1 John 4:16-19 We have come to know and have put our trust in the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God and God remains in him.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ We have come to know and have put our trust in the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God and God remains in him. ¹⁷ Thus love has been made perfect with us so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as God is we also are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has pain. He who fears has not been made perfect in love. ¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.