1 John 2:28

New Century Version

Yes, my dear children, live in him so that when Christ comes back, we can be without fear and not be ashamed in his presence.

Cross References

Isaiah 25:9

At that time people will say, “Our God is doing this! We have waited for him, and he has come to save us. This is the Lord. We waited for him, so we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us.”

Isaiah 45:17

But Israel will be saved by the Lord, and that salvation will continue forever. Never again will Israel be put to shame.

Malachi 3:2

No one can live through that time; no one can survive when he comes. He will be like a purifying fire and like laundry soap.

Malachi 4:5

“But I will send you Elijah the prophet before that great and terrifying day of the Lord’s judging.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man will come again with his Father’s glory and with his angels. At that time, he will reward them for what they have done.

Matthew 16:28

I tell you the truth, some people standing here will see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom before they die.”

Mark 8:38

The people who live now are living in a sinful and evil time. If people are ashamed of me and my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes with his Father’s glory and with the holy angels.”

Luke 17:30

This is how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.

Romans 9:33

As it is written in the Scripture: “I will put in Jerusalem a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that makes them fall. Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed.”

1 Corinthians 1:7

so you have every gift from God while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But everyone will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. When Christ comes again, those who belong to him will be raised to life,

Ephesians 3:12

In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ.

Colossians 3:4

Christ is your life, and when he comes again, you will share in his glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

You are our hope, our joy, and the crown we will take pride in when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May your hearts be made strong so that you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

1 Timothy 6:14

Do what you were commanded to do without wrong or blame until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now, a crown is being held for me—a crown for being right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give the crown to me on that day—not only to me but to all those who have waited with love for him to come again.

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we wait for our great hope and the coming of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And he will come a second time, not to offer himself for sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 Peter 5:4

Then when Christ, the Chief Shepherd, comes, you will get a glorious crown that will never lose its beauty.

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I write this letter to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a helper in the presence of the Father—Jesus Christ, the One who does what is right.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:21

My dear friends, if our hearts do not make us feel guilty, we can come without fear into God’s presence.

1 John 4:17

This is how love is made perfect in us: that we can be without fear on the day God judges us, because in this world we are like him.

1 John 5:14

And this is the boldness we have in God’s presence: that if we ask God for anything that agrees with what he wants, he hears us.

Revelation 1:7

Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds, and everyone will see him, even those who stabbed him. And all peoples of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen.