1 John 3:1

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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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:19

Moreover, this has seemed little in your sight, O Lord God, unless you also will speak about the house of your servant for a long time. For this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, 'You are not my people,' this will happen: it will be said to them, 'You are the sons of the living God.'

Luke 20:36

For they can no longer die. For they are equal to the Angels, and they are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

John 1:12

Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

John 11:52

And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me.

John 16:3

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

John 17:25

Father most just, the world has not known you. But I have known you. And these have known that you sent me.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,

Romans 8:19

For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:21

For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things?

2 Corinthians 6:18

Then I will accept you. And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ's, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

Deuteronomy 14:1

"Be sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make yourselves bald, because of the dead.

Colossians 3:3

For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

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.

1 John 4:17

In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.

Revelation 21:7

Whoever prevails shall possess these things. And I will be his God, and he shall be my son.