1 John 3:2

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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.

Cross References

Job 19:26

And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

Psalm 16:11

They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

Psalm 17:15

And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.

Malachi 3:2

And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb.

Matthew 5:8

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

Luke 17:30

According to these things, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man will be revealed.

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 17:24

Father, I will that where I am, those whom you have given to me may also be with me, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me. For you loved me before the founding of the world.

Romans 8:16

For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us.

Romans 8:19

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

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see through a glass darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And so, just as we have carried the image of what is earthly, let us also carry the image of what is heavenly.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But this is just as it has been written: "The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him."

2 Corinthians 3:18

Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure.

Galatians 3:26

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

Galatians 4:6

Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: "Abba, Father."

Philippians 3:21

who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Hebrews 9:28

so also Christ was offered, one time, in order to empty the sins of so many. He shall appear a second time without sin, for those who await him, unto salvation.

2 Peter 1:4

Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.

1 John 2:28

And now, little sons, abide in him, so that when he appears, we may have faith, and we may not be confounded by him at his advent.

1 John 2:7

Most beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but the old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word, which you have heard.

1 John 3:1

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.

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 3:21

Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.

Revelation 2:28

The same I also have received from my Father. And I will give to him the morning star.

Revelation 22:4

And they shall see his face. And his name shall be on their foreheads.