1 John 3

2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.  * 3:2 2Co 4:11; 1Pt 5:4; 1Jn 2:28 We know that when he appears,  * 3:2 Or when it appears we will be like him  * 3:2 Rm 8:29; 1Co 15:49; 2Co 3:18; Php 3:21; 2Pt 1:4 because we will see him as he is.  * 3:2 1Co 13:12; Heb 12:14; Rv 22:43 And everyone who has this hope  * 3:3 Ac 23:6; 1Th 1:3 in him purifies himself just as he is pure.  * 3:3 Php 4:8