
Alan: Here is a link to all major translations of the above verse. https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1%20John%204%3A18
Alan: It is fitting that Christians acknowledge the teaching of John -- "the apostle whom Jesus loved" -- and, at minimum, refrain from fear-mongering. Instead, fearfulness and fearmongering are the foremost features of "conservative" "Christians" -- particularly in their political lives where, increasingly, they give precedence to promoting policies-and-politics fundamentally driven by fear.
Christians And "Christians" Choose Between Mercy, Love And Forgiveness, Or Retribution And Punishment
"The Politics Of Horror In Conservative Evangelicalism," '09 Outstanding Academic Title"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-politics-of-horror-in-conservative.html
Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/reprise-are-highly-religious-people.html

Trump's America Is A Deliberately Cruel Place And "Christian" "Conservatives" Are The Cruelest
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/trumps-america-is-deliberately-cruel.html
How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Indulgent Parent" -- Control Our Political Views
Short Form
"Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent": The Two World Views That Determine Our Political Values
Long Form

Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"
"Plank In Eye Disease," Humankind's Most Common Affliction
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/plank-in- eye-disease-humankinds-most.html

"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42
"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"
Jesus of Nazareth
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html

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