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Taking as the determinative concept Jesus’ favorite name for God, Father, John interprets the ideal relationship of men to God as that of spiritual children, having the Life – eternal – from the Father. According to John this life of sonship to God, having a definite beginning other than the physical birth, and being manifested in very definite moral and spiritual qualities, defines the very...

Also the presentation of the idea of τέκνα Θεοῦ by Jn is enlightening in this respect. First, he speaks of the power of becoming children of God that is given (Jn 1:12) through a communication of divine life in a divine begetting (Jn 3:3, 5). Then he speaks of the realization of this position at present through the gift of love (1 Jn 3:1), which is the very life of the Father Himself (1 Jn 4:7–8), and its orientation towards the future (1 Jn 3:2). Finally he speaks of the expression and manifestation
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