Bede, on 1John 4:18

“Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity.”

“There is no fear in love. In that particular love which, in imitation of divine goodness, knows how to do good even to enemies and to love them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.