1 John 4:17

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Matthew 10:15

I tell you the truth, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah than for the people of that town.

Matthew 10:25

A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher; a servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Sodom than for you.”

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, they will do wrong to you, too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours, too.

John 17:22

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

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,

James 2:13

So you must show mercy to others, or God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the person who shows mercy can stand without fear at the judgment.

James 2:22

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

2 Peter 2:9

So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them, while waiting for the Judgment Day.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.

1 John 2:28

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.

1 John 2:5

But if someone obeys God’s teaching, then in that person God’s love has truly reached its goal. This is how we can be sure we are living in God:

1 John 2:6

Whoever says that he lives in God must live as Jesus lived.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. So to be like Christ a person must do what is right.

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.