1 John 3:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of Elohim! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ SEE WHAT [an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹ See what kind of love the Father has given to us in that we should be called God’s children, and that is what we are! Because the world didn’t recognize him, it doesn’t recognize us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.

1 John 3:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:19

“And yet this was a small matter in Your eyes, O Master יהוה. And You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the torah of man, O Master יהוה?

Psalm 31:19

How great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those fearing You, Which You have prepared for those taking refuge in You In the sight of the sons of men!

Jeremiah 3:19

“But I said, ‘How would I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a splendid inheritance of the hosts of nations?’ ”And I said, ‘Call Me, “My Father,” and do not turn away from Me.’

Hosea 1:10

“Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor counted. And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they shall be called, ‘You are the sons of the living Ěl.’

Luke 20:36

for neither is it possible for them to die any more, because they are like messengers and are sons of Elohim, being sons of the resurrection.

John 1:12

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name,

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but to gather together into one the children of Elohim who were scattered abroad.

John 15:21

“But all this they shall do to you because of My Name, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

John 16:3

“And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me.

John 17:25

“O righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You, and these knew that You sent Me.

John 3:16

“For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life.

Romans 5:8

But Elohim proves His own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Messiah died for us.

Romans 8:19

For the intense longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim.

Romans 8:21

that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage to corruption into the esteemed freedom of the children of Elohim.

Romans 8:32

Truly, He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up on behalf of us all – how shall He not, along with Him, freely give us all else?

2 Corinthians 6:18

“And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says יהוה the Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of Elohim through belief in Messiah יהושע.

Galatians 3:29

And if you are of Messiah, then you are seed of Aḇraham, and heirs according to promise.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead,

Colossians 3:3

For you have died, and your life has been hidden with Messiah in Elohim.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 3:2

Beloved ones, now we are children of Elohim. And it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 4:17

By this love has been perfected with us, in order that we might have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is so are we in this world.

Revelation 21:7

“The one who overcomes shall inherit all this, and I shall be his Elohim and he shall be My son.