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. ² Beloved, we are ^(E)God's children ^(F)now, and what we will be ^(G)has not yet appeared; but we know that ^(H)when he appears^{[a] (I)}we shall be like him, because ^(J)we shall see him as he is. ³ And everyone who ^(K)thus hopes in him ^(L)purifies himself as he is pure.

⁹ And the Lord said, ^(A)“Call his name Not My People,^[a] for ^(B)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”^[b]

^10 [c] Yet ^(C)the number of the children of Israel shall be ^(D)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^(E)And ^(F)in the place where it was said to them, ^(G)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^(H)“Children^[d] of ^(I)the living God.”

²⁶ for in Christ Jesus ^(A)you are all sons of God, through faith.

^16 (A)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

⁵² and ^(A)not for the nation only, but also ^(B)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

¹⁶ Simon Peter replied, ^(A)“You are ^(B)the Christ, ^(C)the Son of ^(D)the living God.”