1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has lavished on us: he lets us be called God’s children! For that is what we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

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In The King James Version

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

In Context

2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:19How great is the goodness you have treasured for those who revere you, and wrought for those who take refuge in you, in plain sight of all!

Psalms 89:1I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.

Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted, and where they were told, “You are not my people,” they will be called, “children of the living God.”

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

John 16:3They will do this, because they have not learned to know the Father, or even me.

Romans 5:8But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:1

The apostle here magnifies the love of God in our adoption, ver. 1, 2 . He thereupon argues for holiness ( ver. 3 ), and against sin, ver. 4-19 . He presses brotherly love, ver. 11-18 . How to assure our hearts before God, ver. 19-22 . The precept of faith, ver. 23 . And the good of obedience, ver. 24 . Read the whole commentary →

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