1 John 4:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.

American Standard Version (1901)

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Common English Bible

This is how love has been perfected in us, so that we can have confidence on the Judgment Day, because we are exactly the same as God is in this world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world.

1 John 4:17 Cross References

Matthew 10:15

Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Matthew 10:25

it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-elzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter;

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 17:22

The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 2:22

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works,

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

1 John 2:5

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him:

1 John 2:6

he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.

1 John 4:12

No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.