16. And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17. In this way God’s love is perfected in us, so that we may have boldness on 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. Whoever fears is not perfect in love.
19. We love Him because He first loved us.
20. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21. We have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.