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1 John 4:17
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15 aWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ahe who abides in love abides in God, and God bin him.  

The Consummation of Love

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that awe may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.  
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
19 aWe love1 Him because He first loved us.  

Obedience by Faith

20 aIf someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,1 how can he love God bwhom he has not seen?  
Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:17

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
If we truly love others and live as Christ did in this world, we won't be worried about the day of judgment.

Darby English Version
Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world.

Good News Bible
Love is made perfect in us in order that we may have courage on the Judgment Day; and we will have it because our life in this world is the same as Christ's.

International Standard Version
This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, while we are in this world, we are just like him.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.

New International Version
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

New King James Version
Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
By this, love perfects within us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He appears now, so also we appear in this world.

Young's Literal Translation
In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we -- we also are in this world;


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