1 JOHN 3:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“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.”
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we will be like him, because we will see him as he is — the present reality (nun esmen) of sonship coexists with future revelation (tan phanerothē). Likeness (homoios) to Christ results from vision (horaō) of him as he is. The eschatological hope transforms present existence.