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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?  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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1 John 4:17

Herein is our love made perfect - By God dwelling in us, and we in him; having cast out all the carnal mind that was enmity against himself, and filled the whole heart with the spirit of love and purity. Thus the love is made perfect; when it thus fills the heart it has all its degrees; it is all in all; and all in every power, passion, and faculty of the soul.

May have boldness in the day of judgment - ̔· Freedom of speech, and liberty of access; seeing in the person of our Judge, him who has died for us, regenerated our hearts, and who himself fills them.

As he is - Pure, holy, and loving; so are we in this world; being saved from our sins, and made like to himself in righteousness and true holiness. No man can contemplate the day of judgment with any comfort or satisfaction but on this ground, that the blood of Christ hath cleansed him from all sin, and that he is kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation. This will give him boldness in the day of judgment.


 
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