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Should We Fear God?
Leviticus 25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God. (KJV)
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II Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
I John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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Here we actually have three different words, each with different meanings, translated as 'fear'. In the Leviticus passage we have the Hebrew 'Yare' (Strong's #3372), which means 'to revere'. The 2 Timothy passage uses the Greek 'Deilia' (Strong's #1167) which means 'cowardice or timidity'. The 1 John passage uses the word 'phobos' (Strong's #5401), which is the root of the English word 'phobia', and is the only one of the three truly referring to fear as we understand it. Not a contradiction.