1 John 3:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • John 17:25 : 25 O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. 26 And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite]. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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    2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

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    9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

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    12But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

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    16The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

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    26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

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    3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

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