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1 John 3:1

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See what great love the Father has lavished on 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.

Children of God

Children of God Love One Another

Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:1

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You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

Clean and Unclean Animals

Luke 20:36

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and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

Is There a Resurrection?

John 1:12

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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God –

The Witness of John

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus and Nicodemus

John 11:52

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and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

John 15:18

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‘If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

The Hatred of the World

John 15:21

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They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.

The Hatred of the World

John 16:3

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They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.

Persecution Foretold

Romans 8:14

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For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

Heirs with Christ

Deliverance from Bondage

Romans 8:16

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The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Heirs with Christ

Deliverance from Bondage

Romans 8:19

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For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Future Glory

Deliverance from Bondage

1 John 3:2

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Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Children of God

Children of God Love One Another

1 John 3:10

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This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

Children of God

Children of God Love One Another

1 John 4:10

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This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Love Comes from God

1 John 4:17

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This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: in this world we are like Jesus.