1 John 4:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.
  • 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
  • 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Jas 2:22 : 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
  • 1 Pet 3:16-18 : 16 Having a good conscience, so that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
  • 1 Pet 4:1-3 : 1 Since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind: for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; 2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
  • Matt 11:22 : 22 But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.
  • Matt 11:24 : 24 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment.
  • Matt 10:15 : 15 Truly I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
  • Heb 12:2-3 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your minds.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

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    4You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

    5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

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    4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

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    23I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.

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  • Phil 3:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    4And such trust we have through Christ toward God:

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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    5And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.

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    15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ: