1 John 3:2

2 Beloved, enow are we cthe sons of God, and fit doth not yet appear what we shall be: but gwe know that, hwhen he shall appear, iwe shall be like him; for kwe shall lsee him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

1 John 3:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

2 Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

1 John 3:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

1 John 3:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. We will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

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e	See Gal. 3:26. Comp. 2 Pet. 1:4.
c	John 11:52. ver. 2, 10. ch. 5:2 in the Gk.
f	Comp. Rom. 8:18. 2 Cor. 4:17.
g	ver. 14. See John 21:24.
h	See ch. 2:28.
i	See Rom. 8:29. Comp. Ps. 16:11. Matt. 22:30.
k	See Job 19:26. So John 17:24.
l	Matt. 5:8. Rev. 22:4. So 1 Cor. 13:12.