1 John 3:1-3

Expanded Bible

We Are God’s Children

3 ·The Father has loved us so much [^LSee what sort of love the Father has given us…!] that we are called children of God. ·And we really are his children [^LAnd we are!]. The reason ·the people in the world do [^Lthe world does] not know us is that they have not known him. ² ·Dear friends [^LBeloved], now we are children of God, and ·we have not yet been shown [it has not yet been revealed] what we will be in the future. But we know that when ·Christ comes again [^Lhe/it is revealed], we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is. ³ And all who have this hope in ·Christ [^Lhim] keep themselves pure, just as ·Christ [^Lhe] is pure.