1 John 3:2

Weymouth NT

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

Cross References

Matthew 5:8

»Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.«

Luke 17:30

Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

Luke 20:36

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

John 1:12

But all who have received Him, to them –that is, to those who trust in His name– He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

John 17:24

»Father, those whom Thou hast given me – I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see the glory –my glory– my gift from Thee, which Thou hast given me because Thou didst love me before the creation of the world.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;

Romans 8:18

Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.

Romans 8:19

For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

1 Corinthians 13:12

For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But –to use the words of Scripture– we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry »Abba! our Father!«

Philippians 3:21

who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ appears –He is our true Life– then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Hebrews 9:28

so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.

2 Peter 1:4

It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious and wondrous promises, in order that through them you may, one and all, become sharers in the very nature of God, having completely escaped the corruption which exists in the world through earthly cravings.

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.

1 John 2:7

My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching which you have already received.

1 John 3:1

See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us –that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us– because it has not known Him.

1 John 3:10

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;

1 John 5:1

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.

Revelation 2:28

and I will give him the Morning Star.

Revelation 22:4

and His name will be on their foreheads.