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27 lines
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## See what kind of love the Father has bestowed on us ##
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"Think about how much our Father loves us" (UDB)
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## bestowed upon us ##
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"given to us" or "shown us"
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## us…we ##
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In 3:1-3 these pronouns refer to John, his audience, and all believers.(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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## we should be called children of God ##
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This can be translated with an active verb: "the Father should call us his children." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## the world does not know us, because it did not know him ##
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Here "the world" refers to people who do not honor God. What the world did not know can be made explicit: "Those who do not honor God do not know that we belong to God, because they did not know God (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## it has not yet been revealed ##
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This can be translated with an active verb: "God has not revealed"
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## And every one that has this confidence fixed on him purifies himself just as he is pure. ##
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This can be translated "Everyone who confidently expects to see Christ as he really is will keep himself pure because Christ is pure." |