1 John 3:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:19

and yet you have promised to do even more. Is this the way you usually treat people?

Psalm 31:19

You are wonderful, and while everyone watches, you store up blessings for all who honour and trust you.

Jeremiah 3:19

I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me “Father” and not turn from me.

Hosea 1:10

Some day it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People”, but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God”.

Luke 20:36

or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.

John 1:12

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

John 11:52

Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all God's scattered people.

John 15:21

People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent me.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

John 17:25

Good Father, the people of this world don't know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me.

John 3:16

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

Romans 5:8

But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.

Romans 8:19

In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are.

Romans 8:21

that creation would be set free from decay and would share in the glorious freedom of his children.

Romans 8:32

God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?

2 Corinthians 6:18

and be your Father. You will be my sons and my daughters, as surely as I am God, the All-Powerful.”

Galatians 3:26

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:29

So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham's family, and you will be given what God has promised.

Deuteronomy 14:1

People of Israel, you are the LORD's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.

Colossians 3:3

You died, which means that your life is hidden with Christ, who sits beside God.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know that when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 4:17

If we truly love others and live as Christ did in this world, we won't be worried about the day of judgment.

Revelation 21:7

All who win the victory will be given these blessings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.