There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.-1 John 4:18

That is, love that is complete, or that is allowed to exert its proper influence
on the soul. As far as it exists, its tendency is to deliver the mind from
alarms. If it should exist in any soul in an absolutely perfect state, that soul
would be entirely free from all dread in regard to the future.-Notes on the Bible by Albert Barnes [1834]