1 John 2:28-3:3

Christian Standard Bible

God’s Children

²⁸ So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears^(A) we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.^{(B) 29} If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right^(C) has been born of him.^(D)

3 See what great love^[a] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him. ² Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.^(E) We know that when he appears,^[b] we will be like him^(F) because we will see him as he is.^{(G) 3} And everyone who has this hope^(H) in him purifies himself just as he is pure.^(I)