1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are now children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
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3Everyone who has this hope fixed on him purifies himself just as he is pure.
Cross References
Job 19:26after my skin, that is, this body, is destroyed, 1 then in my flesh I will see God. 1
Psalms 17:15As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied, when I awake, with a sight of you.
Isaiah 56:5to them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters. 1 I will give them an everlasting monument that will never be cut off. 1
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, 2 for they will see God. 1
Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8:29Because those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:2-4
Adoption. ( a. d. 80.) 1 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. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. The apostle, having shown the dignity of Christ's faithful followers,… Read the whole commentary →