17In 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.


In Context

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.

16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17 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.

18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19 We love because he first loved us.

1st John 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Herein 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Herein 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Herein 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Herein 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17In this 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17In 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Herein 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.