16 and we have known and believed the love that God has in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in love, remains in God, and God in him. 17 In this, love has been perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because even as He is, we also are in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and he who is fearing has not been made perfect in love;