1 John 3:2

Holy Bible: 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 just as he is.

Cross References

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 which he is able to rule everything.

Colossians 3:4

Yes, Christ is now your life, and when he comes again, you will share in his glory.

2 Corinthians 3:18

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

1 Corinthians 13:12

It is the same with us. Now we see God as if we are looking at a reflection in a mirror. But then, in the future, we will see him right before our eyes. Now I know only a part, but at that time I will know fully, as God has known me.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world. And he decided that they would be like his Son. Then Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Psalm 17:15

I have done only what is right, so I will see your face. And seeing you, I will be fully satisfied.

1 Corinthians 15:49

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

Revelation 22:4

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

2 Peter 1:4

through which he also gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With these gifts you can share in being like God. And so you will escape the ruin that comes to people in the world because of the evil things they want.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as the Scriptures say, “No one has ever seen, no one has ever heard, no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” Isaiah 64:4

1 John 3:1

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

Galatians 4:6

Since you are now God’s children, he has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts. The Spirit cries out, “Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:18

We have sufferings now, but these are nothing compared to the great glory that will be given to us.

Galatians 3:26

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This shows that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

John 17:24

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

Matthew 5:8

Great blessings belong to those whose thoughts are pure. They will be with God.

1 John 2:28

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

Hebrews 9:28

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

2 Corinthians 4:17

We have small troubles for a while now, but these troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than our troubles.

Job 19:26

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

1 John 5:1

The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

Psalm 31:19

Lord, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers. You have done so many good things for those who trust in you. You have blessed them so that all the world can see.

Isaiah 56:5

So I will put a memorial stone in my Temple for them. Their name will be remembered in my city! Yes, I will give those eunuchs something better than sons and daughters. I will give them a name that will last forever! They will not be cut off from my people.

Psalm 16:11

You will teach me the right way to live. Just being with you will bring complete happiness. Being at your right side will make me happy forever.

Malachi 3:2

“No one can prepare for that time or 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.

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

But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

Yes, he would die for the Jewish people. But he would also die for God’s other children scattered all over the world. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself speaks to our spirits and makes us sure that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

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

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 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are. These are the ones who are not God’s children: those who don’t do what is right and those who do not love their brothers and sisters in God’s family.

1 John 3:21

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

Revelation 2:28

They will have the same power I received from my Father, and I will give them the morning star.