^{1 Ref} Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on 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 Ref} Beloved, now we are children of God, and 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 Ref} Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

^{1 Ref} See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

^{2 Ref} My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

^{3 Ref} And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.