1 John 3:1

New King James Version

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Cross References

John 1:12

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.”

John 17:25

O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Revelation 21:7

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

John 16:3

And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

Colossians 3:3

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

2 Samuel 7:19

And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord God?

Romans 8:21

because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Jeremiah 3:19

“But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’

Psalm 31:19

Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men!

Hosea 1:10

“Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There it shall be said to them, ‘You are sons of the living God.’

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.

Luke 20:36

nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

John 11:52

and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

Romans 8:19

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.