1 John 3:1 · WEB
“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.”
— 1 John 3:1
Era
Apostolic Era (~50 AD)
Emotion
grateful
Type
exclamation
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
loveadoptionidentity
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