¹² But ^[a]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(A)children of God, ^(B)to those who ^[b]believe in His name,

^5 [a]He ^(A)predestined us to ^(B)adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(C)according to the good pleasure of His will,

Be Imitators of God

5 ^(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^(A)if a son, then an heir ^[a]through God.

³¹ So then, brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave woman, but of the free woman.

Children of God Love One Another

3 See ^[a](A)how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called ^(B)children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because ^(C)it did not know Him. ^2 (D)Beloved, now we are ^(E)children of God, and ^(F)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He ^(G)appears, we will be ^(H)like Him, because we will ^(I)see Him just as He is. ³ And everyone who has this ^(J)hope set on Him ^(K)purifies himself, just as He is pure.