1 John 3:1

God's Word

Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are. For this reason the world doesn’t recognize us, and it didn’t recognize him either.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:19

And even this you consider to be a small act, Almighty Lord. You’ve also spoken about the distant future of my house. Almighty Lord, this is the teaching about the man.

Psalm 31:19

Your kindness is so great! You reserve it for those who fear you. Adam’s descendants watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought that you would call me Father and wouldn’t turn away from me.

Hosea 1:10

“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Luke 20:36

nor die anymore. They are the same as the angels. They are God’s children who have come back to life.

John 1:12

However, he gave the right to become God’s children to everyone who believed in him.

John 11:52

He prophesied that Jesus wouldn’t die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God’s scattered children together and make them one.

John 15:21

Indeed, they will do all this to you because you are committed to me, since they don’t know the one who sent me.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you because they haven’t known the Father or me.

John 17:25

Father, you have done what is right and the world didn’t know you. Yet, I knew you, and these ⌞disciples⌟ have known that you sent me.

John 3:16

God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

Romans 5:8

Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God’s love for us.

Romans 8:19

All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are.

Romans 8:21

that it would also be set free from slavery to decay in order to share the glorious freedom that the children of God will have.

Romans 8:32

God didn’t spare his own Son but handed him over ⌞to death⌟ for all of us. So he will also give us everything along with him.

2 Corinthians 6:18

The Lord Almighty says, “I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.”

Galatians 3:26

You are all God’s children by believing in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:29

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants and heirs, as God promised.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. So when someone dies, don’t ⌞mourn⌟ by cutting yourselves or shaving bald spots on your head.

Colossians 3:3

You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 John 3:10

This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

1 John 4:17

God’s love has reached its goal in us. So we look ahead with confidence to the day of judgment. While we are in this world, we are exactly like him ⌞with regard to love⌟.

Revelation 21:7

Everyone who wins the victory will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my children.