1 John 3:2

New Living Translation

Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

Cross References

Job 19:26

And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!

Psalm 16:11

You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

Psalm 17:15

Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.

Psalm 31:19

How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them—within the walls of my house— a memorial and a name far greater than sons and daughters could give. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear!

Malachi 3:2

“But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.

Matthew 5:8

God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.

Luke 17:30

Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’ right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

Luke 20:36

And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

John 1:12

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.

John 17:24

Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!

Romans 8:16

For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:18

Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

Romans 8:19

For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

Romans 8:29

For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

1 Corinthians 15:49

Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.

1 Corinthians 2:9

That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

Galatians 3:26

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

Galatians 4:6

And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

Philippians 3:21

He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

Colossians 3:4

And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.

Hebrews 9:28

so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.

2 Peter 1:4

And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.

1 John 2:7

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.

1 John 3:1

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.

1 John 3:10

So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

Revelation 2:28

They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star!

Revelation 22:4

And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.