In 1 John 3:2, this same identity as children of God is immediately expanded: we are children now, but our full transformation awaits Christ's appearing.

In 1 John 4:10, love is defined as God initiating—sending His Son as atonement—reinforcing the unconditional love in being called children.

In 1 John 4:9, God’s love is shown by sending His Son so we might live through Him—connecting to the lavish love that makes us children.

1 John 4:16 deepens this: the love that makes us children is God's own nature, and we are called to live in that love.

Romans 9:26 quotes Hosea about Gentiles being called sons of God — the same identity 1 John marvels at.

Revelation 21:7 promises overcomers will be God's sons — a future fulfillment of the children-of-God identity.

Ephesians 2:4 also highlights God's great love, emphasizing His mercy as the source of our salvation — same lavish love that makes us children.

Galatians 4:6 shows that because we are sons, God sends the Spirit — connecting sonship to the Spirit's work.

Galatians 4:5 speaks of receiving adoption as sons — the same status 1 John says we already have.

Galatians 3:26 declares all believers are sons of God through faith — directly parallel to being called children of God.

2 Corinthians 6:18 promises God will be Father to us and we His sons/daughters — echoing the children-of-God theme.

Romans 8:14-17 fully develops adoption as children of God, including the Spirit's witness and our heirship — a parallel teaching to 1 John 3:1.

In Romans 5:8, God demonstrates His love by Christ dying for us—the same love that lavishly makes us His children.

In John 17:25, Jesus says the world does not know the Father — the same reason the world does not know believers here.

John 15:19 explains the world hates believers because they are chosen out of the world — parallel to 'world does not know us'.

John 15:18 says the world hates believers because it hated Christ — same reason the world does not know us.

Hosea 1:10 prophesies that those not God's people will be called 'children of the living God' — directly fulfilled in 1 John's declaration.

In John 3:16, God loved the world so much He gave His Son—the same divine love that makes believers children of God.

John 1:12 states that believing in Christ gives the right to become children of God — the same status 1 John 3:1 celebrates.

In Deuteronomy 14:1, Israel is directly called 'children of the LORD your God' — a clear OT parallel to being children of God.

In John 17:23, the Father loves believers with the same love He has for Jesus — directly echoing the lavish love that makes us children.

In Deuteronomy 32:6, Moses asks if God is not their Father and Creator — affirming the same Father-child relationship.

Malachi 3:17 compares God sparing his treasured possession as a father spares his son — directly prefigures the father-child relationship emphasized here.

Philippians 2:15 uses the exact phrase 'children of God' and adds the call to be blameless in a crooked generation.

Ephesians 5:1 directly calls believers 'dearly loved children', echoing the identity in 1 John 3:1 and urging imitation of God.

Ephesians 2:19 describes believers as members of God's household, expanding the family metaphor of being children of God.

Matthew 7:11 affirms God as Father who gives good gifts to his children — strengthens the same father-child dynamic found in 1 John 3:1.

Ephesians 1:5 explains that our status as children comes through predestined adoption, deepening the 'lavished love' of 1 John 3:1.

Matthew 23:9 teaches we have one Father in heaven — directly supports the truth that believers are God's children, a core idea here.

John 1:10 states the world did not know Jesus — 1 John 3:1 echoes this to explain why the world does not know believers. Strong parallel.

In Deuteronomy 7:7, God's love chooses Israel not by size — echoing the unconditional love that makes us children of God.

In Romans 9:8, Paul distinguishes children of promise as true God's children — directly defining who are God's children, like here.

In Colossians 3:3, believers' life is hidden with Christ — explaining why the world does not recognize them as God's children.

Hebrews 2:10 expands on the same sonship theme: God brings many sons to glory through Christ's suffering, grounding our identity as children of God.

Jeremiah 3:19 recalls God's desire for Israel to call Him 'My Father', an OT echo of the father-child relationship fulfilled in Christ.

Romans 8:21 links being children of God to creation's future liberation and our glory — an eschatological extension of the status in 1 John 3:1.

Ephesians 2:5 describes being made alive with Christ, connecting to the new life that comes with being called children of God.

Ephesians 3:19 speaks of knowing the love that surpasses knowledge, reinforcing the incomprehensible greatness of the love in 1 John 3:1.

Colossians 1:12 thanks the Father for qualifying believers for inheritance, which follows from being children.

In John 14:21, the Father's love is promised to those who love Jesus and keep commands — adding a condition to the love that makes us children.