Study it in the app“Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.”
When he appears we will be like him; that hope purifiesJesus Will ReturnJohn is amazed: we really are called children of God!GraceJohn says we will be like him, because we will see him as he isHope
Beloved,ἀγαπητοίnowνῦνwe areἐσμενchildrenτέκναof God,θεοῦandκαὶwhatτίwe will beἐσόμεθαhas not yetοὔπωbeen revealed.ἐφανερώθηWe knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιwhenἐὰνhe is revealed,φανερωθῇwe will beἐσόμεθαlikeὅμοιοιhim,αὐτῷbecauseὅτιwe will seeὀψόμεθαhimαὐτὸνasκαθώςhe is.ἐστιν
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “agapētoi” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsnot yet
Not yet.
Where else “oupō” appearsreveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “ephanerōthē” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appearslike
Like, similar.
Where else “homoioi” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “opsometha” appears“When he is revealed”: it can also be understood “when it is revealed.”
1See what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
2 · This verse (above)
3And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?
