
I John 3:1-3:
3:1You must see what-quality-of love1 the Father gave2 to us in order that we may be called children of God – and we are; because-of this the world does not know us because it did not know him. .2Loved-people1, now we are children of God and not-yet was it manifested what we will be; we knew2 that if-ever he may be manifested we will be like-people to him because we will see him according as he is; .3and every-person having this hope on him purifies himself according as that-one is pure.
You must see (perceive with your eyes and understand the object-of-sight in your mind's thoughts)…
…on account this, the world does not know us (referring to the present time-period of this ordered-arrangement with the unbelieving inhabitants who do not have a truly active and relative knowing of holy-people, who are not personally knowledgeable of who we are being children of God) because it did not personally know him (Jesus Christ - nor God his Father).
Loved-people (beloved, truly you are loved by God and by myself with God’s kind of love)…
The hope that we holy-people have is Christ’s coming to gather us all together with him in the air and receiving everything that God has promised us in Christ. Christ is the hope of glory. Christ will continue to carry-out God’s intention and we will be with him. For further details on this you may read my studies on I Thessalonians chapter 4, II Thessalonians, chapter 15 of I Corinthians, and the Book of Revelation.
The word "love1" or the verb "to love1" comes from the Greek word agape which is God's kind of love. To love with His love means to love the same way as God loves, to manifest God's love towards another, whether it is towards God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, yourself, your Christian neighbor, or towards anyone else. God tells His children today (all who have the spirit of Christ within us) how to Godly-love by means of His previously-revealed written Word and also via our holy spirit-life whereby we receive information from Him regarding how to love in different specific situations. It is the carrying out of God's commandments, His Word, which is the correct usage or way to manifest God's kind of love according to His will (refer to I Corinthians chapter 13 and I John 5:1-3). It is not the same as the brotherly or friendly kind of love, nor is it the same as the emotional/feelings/sexual kind of love.
[Reference: Romans 1:3 and 4, 5:5, 8:10, 11, 16-18 and 28-39; I Corinthians chapter 15; Philippians 3:20 and 21; James 4:8; I Peter 1:22; I John 4:10 and 17. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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