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1 John 3:1
New King James Version
1 John 3:1
New King James Version
The Command to Love
3 Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him.
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- 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
- 1 John 3:1 M you
1 John 3:1
New International Version
1 John 3:1
New International Version
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)
1 John 3:1
New American Standard Bible
1 John 3:1
New American Standard Bible
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.
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- 1 John 3:1 Lit what kind of love
1 John 3:1
English Standard Version
1 John 3:1
English Standard Version
3 See (A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called (B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why (C)the world does not know us is that (D)it did not know him.
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John 1:12
New King James Version
John 1:12
New King James Version
12 But (A)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [a]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
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- John 1:12 authority
John 1:12
New International Version
John 1:12
New International Version
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C)—
John 1:12
English Standard Version
John 1:12
English Standard Version
12 But to all who did receive him, (A)who believed in his name, (B)he gave the right (C)to become (D)children of God,
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