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1 John 3:1
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing 1 John 3:1, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 John 3:1
1 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.
Cited by 4 places in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 2
- T 12.2
Justification and adoption, although inseparably connected, are nevertheless distinct from one another. They are both acts of God’s free grace. They are both…
- T 12.4
There is a sense in which God is the Father of all men, because He created them. They are therefore obligated to love and seek the welfare of one another; yet…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 74
Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, whereby all those that are justified are received into the number of his…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 34
Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.