1 John 4:16-21

16And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

17By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.

19We love because he loved us first.

20If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

21And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.