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See Rom. 8:14–17; Gal. 3:26–27; 4:6–7. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him. # 3:1 That is, Jesus, God incarnated in human form. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become.
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. 2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.
John gives us eight here: (1) They must confess that Jesus the Messiah has come in bodily form (vv. 2–3). (2) They must not come in the spirit of this world (v. 5). (3) They must listen to the truth (v. 6). (4) They must demonstrate love (vv. 7–21). (5) The Spirit of Truth must be in them (vv. 4–6). (6) They must remain true to the ...
# 2:3 Keeping God’s commands is the proof and evidence of coming to know God, not the means of knowing God. 4 If someone claims, “I have come to know God by experience,” yet doesn’t keep God’s commands, he is a phony and the truth finds no place in him.
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s [fn] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
What does 1 John chapter 3 mean? Chapter 3 further discusses the importance of being a child of God and living accordingly (3:1–10). A major implication of being a child of God is that we are to love one another (3:11–24). First John 3:1–10 can be further subdivided into two main sections.
