1 John 3:1-3
The Father has lavishly bestowed His love upon believers by calling them His children, granting them a present identity and a future hope that fuels present purification.
1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
The Father has lavishly bestowed His love upon believers by calling them His children, granting them a present identity and a future hope that fuels present purification.
To ground ethical exhortation in the astonishing reality of divine adoption and to connect future transformation with present holiness.
Children of God, Practicing Righteousness, and Loving One Another
The Father’s love makes believers children of God, and this new identity is evidenced by hope in Christ, righteous practice, self-giving love, and Spirit-confirmed abiding.