1 John 3:1 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 John 3:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Ἴδετε
horáō
G3708
to see
ποταπὴν
potapós
G4217
what sort
ἀγάπην
agápē
G26
brotherly love
δέδωκεν
dídōmi
G1325
to give
ἡμῖν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
πατὴρ
patḗr
G3962
father
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
τέκνα
téknon
G5043
child
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
κληθῶμεν
kaléō
G2564
to call
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐσμέν
eimí
G1510
to be
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τοῦτο
hoûtos
G3778
this
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κόσμος
kósmos
G2889
world
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
γινώσκει
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
ἡμᾶς
hēmeîs
G2249
we
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔγνω
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
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King James Version Public Domain
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).