Beloved, we are (A)God's children (B)now, and what we will be (C)has not yet appeared; but we know that (D)when he appears[a] (E)we shall be like him, because (F)we shall see him as he is. And everyone who (G)thus hopes in him (H)purifies himself as he is pure.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (I)sin is lawlessness.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:2 Or when it appears

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