1 John 3:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”
See what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are. John stops the reader to gaze at the wonder of adoption.
Read the full meaning“Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 3:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:19And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
- Psalms 31:19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
- Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
- Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
- John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
- John 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- Romans 8:21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Romans 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 4:5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Ephesians 3:18will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth
- Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 John 4:9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
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