Chapter summary
1 John 3 Summary
1 John 3 marvels at being called children of God — «see what kind of love the Father has given to us» — and calls Christians to love one another.
John opens, «See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.» We do not yet know what we will be, but when he appears we will be like him.
He calls believers to love in deed and truth, not in word only — laying down our lives for one another as Christ laid his down for us. Love and assurance walk together.
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1 John 3:1 “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.” 1 John 3:16 “By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
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