1 JOHN 3:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him — the verb see (ide) invites contemplation of God's love made visible in adoption. The children status (tekna theos) is reality, not aspiration. The world's failure to recognize believers mirrors its failure to recognize Christ.
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