1 John 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings. 8 The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures. 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is, 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

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  • 1 John 3:2
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    2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

    7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

    9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

    12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

    13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

    10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

  • 1 John 3:13-14
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    13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

    14We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

    2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

  • John 3:16
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    16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

    7So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

    13Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • John 1:18
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    18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

  • John 17:25
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    25Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

  • 2 John 1:3
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    3May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • John 3:35
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    35The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory: