1 John 3:2

New International Version

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Cross References

Philippians 3:21

who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

Revelation 22:4

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

2 Peter 1:4

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

1 Corinthians 2:9

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:18

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Galatians 3:26

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

John 17:24

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.

Psalm 31:19

How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.

Isaiah 56:5

to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.

Psalm 16:11

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

Luke 17:30

“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Luke 20:36

and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.

John 1:12

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

John 11:52

and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

1 John 2:7

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.

1 John 3:10

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God

Revelation 2:28

I will also give that one the morning star.