1 John 3:1

Children of God

¹ Behold _a what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that _b we should be called children of ₁ God! Therefore the world does not know ₂ us, _c because it did not know Him.

1. Cross References
   John 3:16
   For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
   Ephesians 2:4 - 7
   But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.
   1 John 4:10
   In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
   
2. Cross References
   John 1:12
   But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
   
3. Cross References
   John 15:18
   If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
   John 15:21
   But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
   John 16:3
   And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.