1 John 4:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If God’s love is made perfect in us, we can be without fear on the day when God judges the world. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like Jesus.

Cross References

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us. If we love each other, God’s love has reached its goal—it is made perfect in us.

1 John 2:28

Yes, my dear children, live in him. If we do this, we can be without fear on the day when Christ comes again. We will not need to hide and be ashamed when he comes.

1 John 3:3

He is pure, and everyone who has this hope in him keeps themselves pure like Christ.

1 John 2:5

But when we obey God’s teaching, his love is truly working in us. This is how we know that we are living in him.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world. And he decided that they would be like his Son. Then Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

John 15:20

“Remember the lesson I told you: Servants are not greater than their master. If people treated me badly, they will treat you badly too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are his children. But the people in the world don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. They are being kept to be destroyed by fire. They are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God.

2 Peter 2:9

So you see that the Lord God knows how to save those who are devoted to him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people to punish them on the day of judgment.

James 2:22

So you see that Abraham’s faith and what he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by what he did.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you that everyone will have to answer for all the careless things they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, it will be worse for you in the day of judgment than for Sodom.”

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 10:25

Students should be happy to be treated the same as their teacher. And servants should be happy to be treated the same as their master. If those people call me ‘the ruler of demons,’ and I am the head of the family, then it is even more certain that they will insult you, the members of the family!

Matthew 10:15

I can assure you that on the judgment day it will be worse for that town than for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

James 2:13

Yes, you must show mercy to others. If you do not show mercy, then God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the one who shows mercy can stand without fear before the Judge.

John 17:22

I have given them the glory that you gave me. I gave them this glory so that they can be one, just as you and I are one.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once. Then they are judged.

1 John 2:6

If we say we live in God, we must live the way Jesus lived.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you into the wrong way. Christ always did what was right. So to be good like Christ, you must do what is right.