³ among whom we all once lived in ^(A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and ^(B)were by nature ^(C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^[a]

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,

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.