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1 Yohanes 4:17

Dalam hal inilah kasih Allah sempurna di dalam kita, yaitu kalau kita mempunyai keberanian percaya pada hari penghakiman, karena sama seperti Dia, kita juga ada di dalam dunia ini.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Boldness;   Fear of God;   God;   Judgment;   Love;   Righteousness;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Judgment);   Thompson Chain Reference - Boldness;   Future, the;   Judgment;   Last Judgment;   The Topic Concordance - Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Boldness, Holy;   Judgment, the;   Love to God;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Judgment;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fear;   Judgment;   Love;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy, Holiness;   Judgment, Day of;   Sin Unto Death;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Methodists, Protestant;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Branch;   Moon;   Shalamite;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Boldness;   Day of the Lord;   John, the Letters of;   Judgment Day;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   John, Epistles of;   John, Theology of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assurance;   Ave Maria;   Boldness;   Day;   Day and Night;   Example;   Incarnation (2);   John Epistles of;   Judgment Damnation;   Mercy;   Personality;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Union;   World;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judgement;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judgment the day of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - John the Baptist;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Boldness;   Here;   John, the Epistles of;   Papyrus;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for March 30;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 30;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 28;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dalam hal inilah kasih Allah sempurna di dalam kita, yaitu kalau kita mempunyai keberanian percaya pada hari penghakiman, karena sama seperti Dia, kita juga ada di dalam dunia ini.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Di dalam inilah kasih itu sempurna di dalam kita, supaya kita beroleh keluasan hati pada Hari hukuman, karena sebagaimana Kristus di dalam kasih, sebegitu juga kita di dalam dunia ini.

Contextual Overview

17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs, that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement: For as he is, euen so are we in this worlde. 18 There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath paynefulnesse. He that feareth, is not perfect in loue. 19 We loue hym, for he loued vs first. 20 If a man say, I loue God, & yet hate his brother, he is a lyer: For how can he yt loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God who he hath not seene? 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym: that he which loueth God, shoulde loue his brother also.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

our love: Gr. love with us

made: 1 John 4:12, 1 John 2:5, James 2:22

we may: 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:19-21, James 2:13

the day: Matthew 10:15, Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24, Matthew 12:36, 2 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 3:7

as: 1 John 3:3, Matthew 10:25, John 15:20, Romans 8:29, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 12:3, 1 Peter 3:16-18, 1 Peter 4:1-3, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 4:14

Reciprocal: Isaiah 32:17 - quietness Mark 6:11 - in the day Hebrews 10:19 - Having James 1:4 - perfect and 1 John 3:21 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.
Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
Genesis 5:18
Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch.
Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
Genesis 11:4
And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.
2 Samuel 18:18
And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.
Psalms 49:11
And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: [therfore] they call landes after their owne names.
Daniel 4:30
And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Herein is our love made perfect,.... Or love with us; which some understand of the love of God towards his people, and which is shed abroad in them: this indeed removes all fear of an awful judgment, and renders that amiable and desirable; and such who are interested in it, shall stand in that day with intrepidity and boldness; and this sense may seem to be favoured by the Syriac version, which reads, "his love with us"; and especially by the Vulgate Latin version, which renders it, "the love of God with us"; but it is best to understand it agreeably to the context, of our love to God, which is with and in our hearts; and which is made, or made to appear to be perfect, true, and genuine, by our love to the brethren; since the love of God to us does not admit of degrees, nor does it, or the reality and sincerity of it, depend upon our love to the saints; :-;

that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; not of men's judgment, when brought before judges, governors, and kings, for the sake of Christ and the Gospel, and stand at their bar, where saints, who have true love to God and Christ and the brethren, have stood with great courage and intrepidity, and shown much boldness, and used great freedom of speech; nor of judgment in this life, which sometimes begins at the house of God, though the saints often have great boldness and presence of mind, and freedom of expression both to God and man in a day of affliction, as Job had; but of the future judgment, which, though it will be very awful and solemn, Christ the Judge will appear with great majesty and glory, and all men will stand before him, and the books will be opened, and the judgment will proceed with great strictness and justice, and will issue in the everlasting perdition of devils and wicked men, yet the saints will have boldness in it: while evil men and devils tremble at the thoughts of it now, they rejoice and are glad; they love it, look for it, long for it, and hasten to it; and will stand fearless, and without the least dread, while others will flee to the rocks, and into the holes of the earth; and they will use freedom of speech with Christ, as the word here signifies; they will sing his new song, and ascribe the glory of their salvation to him, and express their praises of him, and love to him, then and to all eternity: and this boldness the saints may be said to arrive at through a perfect, or sincere, and genuine love of the brethren; for by this they know they are born again, and are born to an inheritance incorruptible, which they have both a meetness for, and a right unto; and knowing hereby that they are passed from death to life, they justly conclude they shall not enter into condemnation, and therefore are not afraid of the awful judgment: hereby they know that their faith is right, and that therefore they are manifestly the children of God; and if children, then heirs, and so shall be saved, and have everlasting life:

because as he is, so are we in this world; which may be understood either of God, to whom the saints are like; for such who are born again, as those who love the brethren are, they are partakers of the divine nature, and bear a resemblance to God, even in this present state of things; and as it becomes them to be holy in all manner of conversation, as he is holy, and to be merciful to wicked men, as he is merciful, so to love the saints as he does, and to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgive one another, as he for Christ's sake has forgiven them; for as God is love, they should be all love likewise; or of Christ, see 1 John 3:3; and that with respect to God; as he is the Son of God, so are they the sons of God; he by nature, they by grace and adoption; as he is loved by God with an everlasting and unchangeable love, with a love of complacency and delight, so are they loved by him with the same kind of love, even while they are in this world; and as he is the chosen of God, and precious, so they are chosen in him, and unto salvation by him. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, render it, "as he was": and the sense may be, as he was in this world, so are they; and which may regard not so much likeness in nature, though there is an agreement in that, excepting sin, but the sameness of state and condition; as he was a man of sorrows, attended with afflictions, loaded with reproaches, and followed with the persecutions of men, so are they; nor need they wonder that they are the objects of the world's hatred and contempt, since he was also; as he was tempted by Satan, forsaken by his friends, and deserted by his God, so sometimes are they in this world; and as he went through a variety of sufferings, and death itself, to glory, so through many tribulations do they enter the kingdom: moreover, as he now is in heaven, so are they in this world; even as he is in heaven, so are they representatively in him, while in this world; and as he is righteous, being justified and acquitted from all the charge of sin he took upon him, and therefore will appear a second time without sin, so they are completely righteous in him: and once more, as he is, so they are, or should be in this world; they should be holy as he is holy, and be humble, meek, and patient, as he is, and walk as he walked; and particularly love the saints and one another, as he does; and which seems to be greatly intended here, and must be understood not of an equality, but of a likeness. The Arabic version reads the words conditionally, and as depending on the preceding clause, "if as he was, we are in this world"; and then the sense is, that the saints shall have boldness in the day of judgment, provided they are in this world as Christ was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Herein is our love made perfect - Margin, “love with us.” The margin accords with the Greek - μεθ ̓ ἡμῶν meth' hēmōn. The meaning is, “the love that is within us, or in us, is made perfect.” The expression is unusual; but the general idea is, that love is rendered complete or entire in the manner in which the apostle specifies. In this way love becomes what it should be, and will prepare us to appear with confidence before the judgment-seat. Compare the notes at 1 John 4:12.

That we may have boldness in the day of judgment - By the influence of love in delivering us from the fear of the wrath to come, 1 John 4:18. The idea is, that he who has true love to God will have nothing to fear in the day of judgment, and may even approach the awful tribunal where he is to receive the sentence which shall determine his everlasting destiny without alarm.

Because as he is, so are we in this world - That is, we have the same traits of character which the Saviour had, and, resembling him, we need not be alarmed at the prospect of meeting him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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 — παρρησιαν. 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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