3 ¹ See what love the Father has given 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.

¹² But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,^(A)

²⁶ for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.^(A)

⁵ in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.^{(A) 6} And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our^[a] hearts, crying, “Abba!^[b] Father!”^(B)

²⁵ “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.^(A)

¹⁶ “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.^(A)

⁹ God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.^{(A) 10} In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(B)

⁷ Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.