1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Cross References (25)

  • John 1:12 (89)

    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

  • Galatians 3:26 (68)

    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:18 (57)

    And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

  • Galatians 4:5–6 (52)

    to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

  • John 3:16 (45)

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but hav

  • John 17:25 (38)

    Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

  • Psalms 36:7–9 (34)

    How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

  • 1 John 4:9–10 (32)

    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live throug

  • John 15:18–19 (25)

    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

  • Revelation 21:7 (24)

    The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

  • Romans 9:25–26 (22)

    As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My

  • Romans 8:14–17 (22)

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • Ephesians 3:18–19 (22)

    will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

  • Romans 5:8 (21)

    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  • Ephesians 2:4–5 (21)

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

  • Galatians 3:29 (18)

    And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

  • Romans 8:32 (18)

    He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all th

  • John 16:3 (16)

    They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

  • 2 Samuel 7:19 (14)

    And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your se

  • Colossians 3:3 (14)

    For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

  • Romans 8:21 (14)

    that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the childre

  • Psalms 31:19 (12)

    How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men

  • Jeremiah 3:19 (12)

    Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the na

  • Psalms 89:1–2 (11)

    A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Yo

  • Hosea 1:10 (8)

    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happ