1 John 4:13-21

New American Standard Bible

^13 (A)By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ We have seen and ^(B)testify that the Father has ^(C)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

^15 (D)Whoever confesses that ^(E)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(F)remains in him, and he in God. ^16 (G)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^[a](H)for us. ^(I)God is love, and the one who ^(J)remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. ¹⁷ By this, ^(K)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(L)confidence in ^(M)the day of judgment; because ^(N)as He is, we also are in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but ^(O)perfect love drives out fear, because fear ^[b]involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(P)perfected in love. ^19 (Q)We love, because He first loved us. ^20 (R)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he ^(S)hates his brother or sister, he is a ^(T)liar; for ^(U)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, ^(V)cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ And ^(W)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(X)must also love his brother and sister.