It has no existence. The fear is that spoken of in 1 Pet. In love , lit., the love , that perfected love of which John has been speaking. Not perfected, as ver. 17 but perfect as the result of having been perfected.
Fear is cast out of the sphere of the fellowship of love .
See the phrase in John vi. Torment is a faulty translation. The word means punishment , penalty. It occurs in the New Testament only here and Matt. The kindred verb, kolazomai to punish , is found Acts iv.