1 John 3:2-3

2 Beloved, we are ¹God's children ²now, and what we will be ³has not yet appeared; but we know that ⁴when he appears^[a]5 we shall be like him, because ⁶we shall see him as he is.

3 And everyone who ⁷thus hopes in him ⁸purifies himself as he is pure.

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 1 above]
• 2. Romans 8:15; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 1:5
• 3. [Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17]
• 4. 1 John 2:28
• 5. Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Philippians 3:21; 2 Peter 1:4
• 6. John 17:24; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 22:4
• 7. Romans 15:12
• 8. 2 Corinthians 7:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Or when it appears