1 John 3:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • John 17:25 : 25 O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How excellent is your lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. 9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, 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 propitiation for our sins.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As He says also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not My people; and her beloved, who was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there they shall be called the children of the living God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you; which you have wrought for those who trust in you before the sons of men!
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from 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 to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, 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 propitiation for our sins.

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

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    2For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;

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    9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

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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 him.

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    13Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

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    16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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    16For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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    19We love Him because He first loved us.

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    12But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:

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    16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

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    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

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    12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

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    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

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    6To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

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    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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    18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

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

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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.

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    25O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.

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    4You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

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