Original Verse:
1st John Chapter 3 Verse 1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
Reference Verses:
Deuteronomy Chapter 14 Verse 1You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;
Ephesians Chapter 1 Verse 15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,
John Chapter 15 Verse 21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
John Chapter 16 Verse 3They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.