Beloved, 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.
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Gill's Exposition
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,.... By adoption, secretly in God's predestination, and in the covenant of grace; and openly in regeneration, through faith in Christ, and by the testimony of the…
Barnes' Notes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God - We now in fact sustain this rank and dignity, and on that we may reflect with pleasure and gratitude. It is in itself an exalted honor, and may be contemplated as…
Adam Clarke
Now are we the sons of God - He speaks of those who are begotten of God, and who work righteousness. See the preceding chapter.
And it doth not yet appear what we shall be - Ουπω εφανερωθη· It is not…
The apostle, having shown the dignity of Christ's faithful followers, that they are born of him and thereby nearly allied to God, now here,
I. Breaks forth into the admiration of that grace that is…
Cambridge Bible
Beloved This form of address only occurs once in the first part of the Epistle (1Jn 2:7), just where the subject of love appears for a few verses: it becomes the more common form of address (1Jn 3:3;…
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