1 John 3:2

Free Bible Version

My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

Cross References

Job 19:26

Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.

Psalm 16:11

You have shown me the path of life, filling me with joy with your presence and the delight of living with you forever.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I shall see your face in all its goodness. When I awake, I will be so pleased to see you face to face.

Psalm 31:19

How wonderful is the goodness you have reserved for those who honor you! In front of everyone you give this goodness to those who come to you for help.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a place to remember them and a reputation better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting reputation that will never fade.

Malachi 3:2

Who can survive the day when he comes? Who can stand before him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing furnace that refines metal, or like the strong alkali that cleanses stains.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are those who have pure minds, for they will see God.

Luke 17:30

The day when the Son of man appears will be just like that.

Luke 20:36

They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.

John 1:12

But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.

John 11:52

And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God so that they might be gathered together and be made into one.

John 17:24

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so they can see the glory which you gave to me—for you loved me before the world was created.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself agrees with us that we're God's children.

Romans 8:18

Yet I'm convinced that what we suffer in the present is nothing compared to the future glory that will be revealed to us.

Romans 8:19

All of creation is patiently waiting, longing for God to reveal his children.

Romans 8:29

For God, choosing them in advance, set them apart to be like his Son, so that the Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 13:12

At the moment we peer into a mirror's dim reflection, but then we shall see face to face. For now I only have partial knowledge, but then I shall know completely, just as I am completely known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

So all of us, with our faces unveiled, see and reflect the glory of the Lord as in a mirror. We are being transformed into the same mirror image, whose glory grows brighter and brighter. This is what the Lord the Spirit does.

2 Corinthians 4:17

These trivial troubles we have only last for a little while, but they produce for us an ever-increasing degree of glory.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all God's children through your trust in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

To show you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son to convince us, causing us to call out, “Abba,” meaning “Father.”

Philippians 3:21

He will re-create our defective human bodies so that they will be made like his glorious body using the power by which he brings everything under his control.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ—your life—is revealed, then you will also share in his visible glory.

Hebrews 9:28

so too for Christ—having been sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, he will come again, not to deal with sin, but to save those who wait for him.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these promises you can share in the divine nature, being rid of the corruption caused by this world's evil desires.

1 John 2:28

Now, my dear friends, continue to live in Christ, so that when he appears, we can be confident and not feel ashamed before him at his coming.

1 John 2:7

My friends, I'm not writing to you giving some new commandment, but an old commandment you've had from the beginning. This old commandment is one you have already heard.

1 John 3:1

Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.

1 John 5:1

Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves his child.

Revelation 2:28

I will give them the morning star.

Revelation 22:4

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.