Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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ἴδετε ποταπὴν ἀγάπην δέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ἵνα τέκνα θεοῦ κληθῶμεν, [a]καὶ ἐσμέν. διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κόσμος οὐ γινώσκει [b]ἡμᾶς ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν. ἀγαπητοί, νῦν τέκνα θεοῦ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα. [c]οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἐὰν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστιν.

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Footnotes

  1. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 3:1 καὶ ἐσμέν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
  2. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 3:1 ἡμᾶς WH Treg NIV ] ὑμᾶς RP
  3. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 3:2 οἴδαμεν WH Treg NIV ] + δὲ RP