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1 John 3:2

WEB

2Beloved, now we are children of God. 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.

KJV

2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

BSB

2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears,[+] we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

FBV

2My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

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Extra References

Philippians 3:21

21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

Colossians 3:4

4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

1 Corinthians 13:12

12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

2 Corinthians 3:18

18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Psalms 17:15

15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

1 Corinthians 15:49

49As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s[+] also bear the image of the heavenly.

Romans 8:29

29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Revelation 22:4

4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

2 Peter 1:4

4by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Romans 8:18

18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.