1 John 4:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη, μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως: ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ.

Transliteration

In toutō teteleiōtai the agapē with us, so that parrēsian echōmen in the hēmera of the kriseōs: because as ekeinos estin, also hēmeis esmen in the kosmō toutō.

Grammar Details

• *toutō*: demonstrative pronoun, dative, masculine, singular - this
• *teteleiōtai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - has been perfected
• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
• *parrēsian*: accusative, feminine, singular - boldness/confidence
• *echōmen*: present active subjunctive, 1st plural - we might have
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day
• *kriseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of judgment
• *ekeinos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one/he
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *hēmeis*: nominative, plural - we
• *esmen*: present indicative, 1st plural - we are
• *kosmō*: dative, masculine, singular - world

Word Meanings

• *teteleiōtai*: has been perfected/has been completed/has been brought to fullness
• *agapē*: love/divine love/selfless love
• *parrēsian*: boldness/confidence/freedom of speech
• *echōmen*: we might have/we may have
• *hēmera*: day/time period
• *kriseōs*: judgment/decision/evaluation
• *ekeinos*: that one/he [referring to Christ]
• *kosmō*: world/ordered system/universe

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.
• 1 John 2:28 : 28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
• 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
• 1 John 3:19-21 : 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,
• Rom 8:29 : 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Jas 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
• 1 Pet 3:16-18 : 16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil. 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
• 1 Pet 4:1-3 : 1 So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, 2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
• 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
• Matt 11:22 : 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
• Matt 11:24 : 24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
• Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
• Matt 10:15 : 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!
• Heb 12:2-3 : 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.