1 John 3:2

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Dear friends, now we are children of God. We don’t know yet what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we’ll be like him, because we’ll see him as he really is.

Cross References

Philippians 3:21

He has the power to bring everything under his control, and by that power he’ll change our earthly bodies to become 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

None of our faces are covered with a veil. All of us can see and contemplate the Lord’s glory. So we’re being changed to become more and more glorious like him. All this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see only a dim reflection of things, as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly, face to face. Now I know in part; then I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.

Romans 8:29

God planned that those he already knew ahead of time would become like his Son. In that way, Christ would become the first and most honored among many brothers and sisters.

1 Corinthians 15:49

Right now we’re like the earthly man, but one day we’ll be like the heavenly man.

Revelation 22:4

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

2 Peter 1:4

He has given us his very great and precious promises so that you can share in his nature. You have escaped from the corruption that’s in the world because of wrong desires.

1 Corinthians 2:9

It is written that “no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has imagined” the things God has prepared for those who love him.

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has given us: We’re even called children of God! And that’s what we really are. The world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. This is the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father!”

Romans 8:18

What we’re suffering now isn’t even worth comparing with the glory that’s coming in the future.

Galatians 3:26

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

John 17:24

“Father, I want those you’ve given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the world was created.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are those who have pure hearts, because they will see God.

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears, we can be confident and not ashamed to meet him when he comes.

Hebrews 9:28

In the same way, Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. He will also come a second time, not to take away our sins, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.

2 Corinthians 4:17

Our troubles are small and they last only for a short time, but they’re earning a glory for us that will last forever. That glory outweighs all our troubles.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his child as well.

Luke 17:30

“It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is shown to the world.

Luke 20:36

They won’t die anymore, because they will be like the angels. They are God’s children, because they are given a new form of life when the dead rise.

John 1:12

But to everyone who did accept him and believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

John 11:52

and not only for that nation, but for God’s children scattered everywhere. Jesus’ death would bring them together and make them one.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself joins with our spirits to assure us that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

Everything God created is looking forward to the time when his children will appear in their full and final glory.

1 John 2:7

Dear friends, I’m not writing you a new command. Instead, I’m writing one that you’ve heard before. You’ve had it since the beginning.

1 John 3:10

Here’s how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child, and anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty in our hearts, we can be confident when we pray,

Revelation 2:28

I’ll also give the morning star to anyone who wins the victory.