1 John 3:1

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See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great depths; O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. 8 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 may have strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’' 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 that the creation itself will also be liberated from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 A contemplation by Ethan the Ezrahite. 2 I will sing of the LORD's steadfast love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a long time to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Let lying lips be silenced, those that speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us—

    3what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them, and they in God.

    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

    11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

    16For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • 1 John 3:13-14
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    13Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

  • John 3:16
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    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19We love because He first loved us.

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'

    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.

    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know 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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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28And now, dear children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

  • John 1:18
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    18No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

  • John 17:25
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    25Righteous Father, though the world has not known You, I have known You, and they have known that You sent Me.

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

  • 2 John 1:3
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    3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love.

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    3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

  • John 3:35
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    35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,