Study it in the app“By this, love has been brought to completion with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.”
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love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appearsmake perfect
To bring something to its fullness, lacking nothing.
Where else “teteleiōtai” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōmen” appearsboldness
Speaking or coming to God without fear.
Where else “parrēsian” appearsjudgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appearsjudgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “kriseōs” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearscreation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmōi” appears16And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
17 · This verse (above)
18There is no fear in love, but complete love casts fear out, because fear has to do with punishment; and whoever fears has not been brought to completion in love.
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?
