So here in verse 1 John says
AMP B
3 See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to
us, that we would [be permitted to] be named
and called
and counted the children of God! ------
So who is the US --and WE here ---Greek word for US and WE
From Strong's Concordance
Lexicon
hémeis: we, us
The use of ἡμεῖς underscores the relational aspect of the Christian faith, highlighting the interconnectedness of believers as members of the body of Christ.
I say ---Today to be counted as a Child of God is a privilege --God does not give this title to everyone ---you have to be adopted back into God's presents through receiving His Son --
verse 1 continued ------ For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
I say ------this is hard straight up teaching ---now we have free choice to believe that or not ---
Verse 2 AMP
Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and
it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes
and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory].
I say ----My Spiritual take on this is that this is referring to The Rapture of the Saints ---that His children now have no idea what their new bodies will look like ----all we know is what has been reveled to us in Scripture ---
The reason I say it refers to the Rapture is because when He comes Back to fight Satan ---the Saints come with Him -----
1 Corinthians 15:52
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Verse 3
3 And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless).
I say -----this is about Believers having hope and believing that they will be with Jesus for eternity as they pursue living a righteous life by and through the guidance of the indwelling Holy Spirit --
These next verses talk about sin ----and how it dominates our lives being unrestrained as we disobey God's laws and will --but Jesus came to takes our sins and anyone who abides in Jesus now has a resource to stay out of sin -----
Just posting vers 8 AMP B ---as it is ---People either believe it or they don't ---but can't change what it says --Hard teaching here for people to hear -----
8 The one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned
and violated God’s law from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
My take on -------Verse 9 ---if your reborn Spiritually ---you will not want to sin and will try to stay out of sin as much as possible ---and can call upon God's Grace and the Holy Spirit to help you stay away from sin ----
Footnotes from the AMP B
- 1 John 3:9 I.e. in human terms, God’s seed is like a divine “genetic code” which is passed on to His children and produces in them the desire to live in a way which pleases Him.
I say
Just posting verse 10 as it is ---hard teaching for people to hear -----you can either believe it or not ---we have free will on that -----Amp B
10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.
Just posting this so all can see what AI says about today's Scripture ---looks like AI has it about right to me anyway ---
AI
John 3:1-10 in 1 John discusses the great love God has shown in calling us His children and the hope of being like Jesus when we see Him. It also emphasizes that those born of God will not continue to sin, and that living a life of righteousness is a sign of being a child of God, while a life of sin is a sign of being a child of the devil.
) about Christians loving each other.