This document contains several Bible passages from 1 John, 1 Thessalonians, Romans, 2 Corinthians, and Galatians. The passages discuss how perfect love drives out fear, encouraging believers to test prophecies and hold fast to what is good, and how God works all things for good and shapes believers in the image of Christ through love. They also mention that though believers currently see things imperfectly, one day vision and knowledge will be complete, and call believers to trust, hope, and love extravagantly until that time, as love is the greatest of the three.

1. 1 John

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There is no fear in love. But perfect love
drives out fear, because fear has to do
with punishment. The one who fears is
not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18
Memory Verse

5. Don’t suppress the Spirit, and don’t
stifle those who have a word from
the Master. On the other hand, don’t
be gullible. Check out everything,
and keep only what’s good. Throw
out anything tainted with evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21
The Message

10. That’s why we can be so sure that every
detail in our lives of love for God is worked
into something good. God knew what he was
doing from the very beginning. He decided
from the outset to shape the lives of those
who love him along the same lines as the life
of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of
humanity he restored. We see the original
and intended shape of our lives there in him.
Romans 8:28-29
The Message

18. We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re
squinting in a fog, peering through a mist.
But it won’t be long before the weather
clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see
it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees
us, knowing him directly just as he knows
us!
2 Corinthians 13:12
The Message

20. But for right now, until that completeness,
we have three things to do to lead us
toward that consummation: Trust steadily
in God, hope unswervingly, love
extravagantly. And the best of the three is
love.
2 Corinthians 13:13
The Message

21. For in Christ, neither our most
conscientious religion nor disregard of
religion amounts to anything. What
matters is something far more interior:
faith expressed in love.
Galatians 5:6
The Message