#  Behold the Love

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#  Scripture

1 John 3:1-3

English Standard Version

3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears\[[a](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3%3A1-3&version=ESV#fen-ESV-30565a "See footnote a")\] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

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