1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to 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.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Topics God’s Love
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- what
- 1 John 4:9, 10; 2 Samuel 7:19; Psalm 31:19; Psalm 36:7–9; Psalm 89:1, 2; John 3:16; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:32; Ephesians 2:4, 5; Ephesians 3:18, 19
- that
- Jeremiah 3:19; Hosea 1:10; John 1:12; Romans 8:14–17, 21; Romans 9:25, 26; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Galatians 3:26, 29; Galatians 4:5, 6; Revelation 21:7
- the world
- John 15:18, 19; John 16:3; John 17:25; Colossians 3:3