¹² But ^[a]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(A)children of God, ^(B)to those who ^[b]believe in His name,

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.

¹⁵ so that you will ^[a]prove yourselves to be ^(A)blameless and innocent, ^(B)children of God above reproach in the midst of a ^(C)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you ^[b](D)appear as ^[c]lights in the world,

Be Imitators of God

5 ^(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

⁸ That is, it is not the children of the flesh ^[a]who are ^(A)children of God, but the ^(B)children of the promise are regarded as ^[b](C)descendants.