3 See what great love^(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!^(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.^(C)

¹³ Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,^[a] if the world hates you.^(A)

⁵ They are from the world^(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

¹⁹ We know that we are children of God,^(A) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.^(B)