1 John 3:2

Easy To Read Version

Dear friends, now we are children of God. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. We will see him like he really is.

Cross References

Job 19:26

After I leave my body\par and my skin has been destroyed,\par I know I will still see God.\par

Psalm 16:11

You will teach me the right way to live.\par Just being with you, Lord, will bring\par complete happiness.\par Being at your right side will bring\par happiness forever.\par

Psalm 17:15

\{I prayed for\} fairness.\par So I will see your face, Lord.\par And seeing you, Lord, {\cf2\super [93]} \par I will be fully satisfied.\par

Psalm 31:19

God, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers.\par You do good things in front of everyone for the people who trust you.\par

Malachi 3:2

“No person can prepare for that time. No person can stand against him when he comes. He will be like a burning fire. He will be like the strong soap people use to make things clean.

Matthew 5:8

What great blessings there are for the people that are pure in their thinking!\par They will be with God.\par

Luke 17:30

This is exactly how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.

Luke 20:36

In that life people are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from death.

John 1:12

Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

Yes, Jesus would die for the Jewish people. But Jesus would also die for God’s other children that were scattered \{in all the world\}. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.

John 17:24

“Father, I want these people that you have given me to be with me in every place I am. I want them to see my glory. This is the glory you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

Romans 8:18

We have sufferings now. But the sufferings we have now are nothing compared to the great glory that will be given to us.

Romans 8:19

Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.

Romans 8:29

God knew those people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn {\cf2\super [69]} of many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 13:12

It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.

1 Corinthians 15:49

We were made like that man of earth. So we will also be made like that man of heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [14]} say,

2 Corinthians 3:18

And our faces are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory. We are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory. This glory comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Galatians 4:6

You are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit {\cf2\super [49]} cries out, “Abba, {\cf2\super [50]} Father.”

Philippians 3:21

He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power. With that power Christ is able to rule all things.

Colossians 3:4

Christ is your life. When he comes again, you will share in his glory.

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And Christ will come a second time, but not for people’s sin. Christ will come the second time to bring salvation to those people who are waiting for him.

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and goodness, Jesus gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With those gifts you can share in being like God. And so the world will not ruin you with the evil things it wants.

1 John 2:28

Yes, my dear children, live in him. If we do this, we can be without fear (have confidence) on the day when Christ comes back. We will not need to hide and be ashamed when he comes.

1 John 2:7

My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you. It is the same command you have had since the beginning. This command is the teaching you have already heard.

1 John 3:1

The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are. Also, we can know who the children of the devil are. The people who don’t do what is right are not children of God. And the person who does not love his brothers and sisters \{in Christ\} is not a child of God.

1 John 3:21

My dear friends, if we don’t feel that we are doing wrong, then we can be without fear (have confidence) when we come to God.

1 John 5:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.

Revelation 2:28

This is the same power I received from my Father. I will also give that person the morning star.

Revelation 22:4

They will see his face. God’s name will be written on their foreheads.