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@@ -38,15 +38,29 @@ Saint Augustin writes in his letter to Anastasius [#]_ this:
For the fear of punishment has torment, and is not in love;
and love, when it is perfect, casts it out. [#]_
-This paragraph can be start to multi-volume deep inquiry into
-nature of our relation with God, oneself, universe, but I would
-limit myself to just one part of it. The author here equates love
-and the Fear of God. That sounds seriously strange. What is even
-more strange, that what one would consider the conventional
-interpretation of the term “Fear of God”, that is the fear of
-God’s punishing us for our sins, is qualified as a sign of
-enemies of righteousness. It doesn’t make sense whatsoever!
-What’s going on?
+This is obviously a meditation based on the Biblical verse from
+1. John 4:15-19 (NET):
+
+ If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides
+ in him and he in God. // And we have come to know and to
+ believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one
+ who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
+ // By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have
+ confidence in the day of judgement, because just as Jesus is,
+ so also are we in this world. // **There is no fear in love,
+ but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with
+ punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been
+ perfected in love.** // We love because he loved us first.
+
+The quotation from Augustine can be start to multi-volume deep
+inquiry into nature of our relation with God, oneself, universe,
+but I would limit myself to just one part of it. The author here
+equates love and the Fear of God. That sounds seriously strange.
+What is even more strange, that what one would consider the
+conventional interpretation of the term “Fear of God”, that is
+the fear of God’s punishing us for our sins, is qualified as
+a sign of enemies of righteousness. It doesn’t make sense
+whatsoever! What’s going on?
.. strict definition of the Fear of God