11 translations · Greek
1 John 3:1
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.
1 John 3:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- See what love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God; because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;
- DBY Darby Translation
- See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἴδετε | Idete | Behold | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
| ποταπὴν | potapēn | what manner of | G4217 ποταπός of what kind? |
| ἀγάπην | agapēn | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| δέδωκεν | dedōken | has given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | to us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατὴρ | Patēr | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| τέκνα | tekna | children | G5043 τέκνον child |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| κληθῶμεν | klēthōmen | we should be called | G2564 καλέω to call: call |
| καὶ | kai | And [that is what] | G2532 καί and |
| ἐσμέν | esmen | we are | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| διὰ | dia | The reason | G1223 διά through/because of |
| τοῦτο | touto | — | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κόσμος | kosmos | world | G2889 κόσμος world |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| γινώσκει | ginōskei | does not know | G1097 γινώσκω to know |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ὅτι | hoti | [is] that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔγνω | egnō | it did not know | G1097 γινώσκω to know |
| αὐτόν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
Related verses
- John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
- Galatians 3:26
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
- Galatians 4:5–6
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 17:25
Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
- Psalm 36:7–9
How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
- 1 John 4:9–10
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- John 15:18–19
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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In context
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, 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 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Read all of 1 John 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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