| Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha (GNTA) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 28 Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes. | 28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. |
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