1John.3.1

1 John 3:1

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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.

Children of God

Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:1

KJV

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Clean and Unclean Animals

Luke 20:36

KJV Jesus

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

John 1:12

KJV

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

The Witness of John

John 3:16

KJV Jesus

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jesus and Nicodemus

John 11:52

KJV

And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

John 15:18

KJV Jesus

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

The Hatred of the World

John 15:21

KJV Jesus

But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

The Hatred of the World

John 16:3

KJV Jesus

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Persecution Foretold

Romans 8:14

KJV Holy Spirit

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Heirs with Christ

Romans 8:16

KJV Holy Spirit

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Heirs with Christ

Romans 8:19

KJV

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Future Glory

1 John 3:2

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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.

Children of God

1 John 3:10

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In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Children of God

1 John 4:10

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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Love Comes from God

1 John 4:17

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Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.