1 John 3:2 - Tree of Life Version

² Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God's children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

Common English Bible

² Dear friends, now we are God’s children, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when he appears we will be like him because we’ll see him as he is.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 Cross References

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;

Psalm 16:11

You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalm 17:15

I in righteousness will behold Your face! When I awake, I will be satisfied with Your likeness.

Psalm 31:19

Let the lying lips be mute. For they speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give to them in My House and within My walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? Or who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, and like soap for cleaning raw wool.

Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Luke 17:30

Things will be the same on the day when the Son of Man is made fully known.

Luke 20:36

For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

John 1:12

But whoever did receive Him, those trusting in His name, to these He gave the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

And not for the nation only, but also so that He might gather together into one the scattered children of God.

John 17:24

“Father, I also want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory—the glory You gave Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Romans 8:16

The Ruach Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

Romans 8:18

For I consider the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.

Romans 8:19

For the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And just as we have borne the image of the one made from dust, so also shall we bear the image of the One from heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, that have not entered the heart of mankind— these things God has prepared for those who love Him.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory—just as from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God through trusting in Messiah Yeshua.

Galatians 4:6

Now because you are sons, God sent the Ruach of His Son into our hearts, who cries out, “Abba! Father!”

Philippians 3:21

He will transform this humble body of ours into the likeness of His glorious body, through the power that enables Him even to put all things in subjection to Himself.

Colossians 3:4

When Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him, in glory!

Hebrews 9:28

so also Messiah, was offered once to bear the sins of many. He will appear a second time, apart from sin, to those eagerly awaiting Him for salvation.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.

1 John 2:28

And now, children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we will have confidence and not be ashamed in His presence at His coming.

1 John 2:7

Loved ones, I am not writing a new commandment for you, but an old commandment—one you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

1 John 3:1

See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 John 3:10

It is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil by this—anyone who does not act righteously or love his brother is not of God.

1 John 3:21

Loved ones, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of Him.

Revelation 2:28

Even as I have received from My Father, so I will give him the morning star.

Revelation 22:4

They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.