1 John 3:2 (WEB)
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
Catechism · 5
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“They are like God for ever, for they "see him as he is," face to face:” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 3:2; cf. 1 Cor 13:12; Rev 22:4.
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
“Through their icons, it is man "in the image of God," finally transfigured "into his likeness,"” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:29; 1 Jn 3:2.
I Believe
“Then we shall see God "face to face", "as he is".” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 13:12; I Jn 3:2
The Ninth Commandment
“The "pure in heart" are promised that they will see God face to face and be like him.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 13:12; 1 Jn 3:2.
"The Summary of the Whole Gospel"
“From this unshakeable faith springs forth the hope that sustains each of the seven petitions, which express the groanings of the present age, this time of patience and expectation during which "it does not yet appear what we shall be."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 3:2; Cf. Col 3:4.
Fathers and councils · 52
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.29Book IV
“And, lastly, because “it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like God, and shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment - Origen, De Principiis III.7Book III
“Now, that such is the case, the Apostle John points out more clearly and unmistakeably, when he makes this declaration: “Little children, we do not yet know what we shall be; but if a revelation be made to us from the Saviour, ye will say, without any doubt, we shall be like Him.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 John iii. 2.
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Jerome
“And again,“Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“Lastly, John writes:“Beloved, we are sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“And let no one be deceived by that passage in the epistle of John, which some readers fail to understand, where he says: “Now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 Joh. iii. 2.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 John 3:2) What is the meaning then of the words here: No man hath seen God at any time?” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“As they now behold God, so shall we also behold Him face to face, of which vision John speaks, “We shall see Him as he is.” [1 John 3:2]” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For thus the Lord speaks, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God. [John 17:3] This contemplation is promised to us as the end of all action, and the eternal perfection of our joys, of which John speaks, “We shall see him as he is.” [1 John 3:2]” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“(1 John 3:2.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“What a light of beauty will that be when “we shall see Him as He is,” and those tears be passed away which “have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?”” — editor's note: Ibid. ver. 2.
Read the whole comment“…and through the glass of the heavens, not as it is; because we also, although we be the well-beloved of Thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“But the natural man, as a babe in Christ,—and a drinker of milk,—until he be strengthened for solid meat, and his eye be enabled to look upon the Sun, let him not dwell in his own deserted night, but let him be contented with the light of the moon and the stars.” — editor's note: Those ready for strong meat were called “illuminated” (see p. 118, note 4, above), as their eyes were “enabled to look upon the Sun.” We have frequent traces…
Read the whole comment““Beloved, now are we the sons of God: and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Although then at that time our fathers saw Thee not as Thou art, “face to face,” although that vision is reserved against the resurrection, yet, even though they were Angels who presented themselves, it is Thou, “Who commandest salvation unto Jacob.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment““But we know,” he saith, “that when He shall have appeared, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Himself for us a reward shall be, because “we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For at that time even most truly and most fully there shall be fulfilled the name Israel itself, which is one “seeing God:” for we shall see Him as He is.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Being made like Him, when shall we ever faint? what shall draw us off?” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment““Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For He will be present for whom we sigh: we shall be like Him, as we shall see Him as He is: there it will be our whole task to praise and enjoy the presence of God: and what beyond shall we ask for, when He alone satisfies us, by whom all things were made?” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“…to be sought for, but everything that has been rightly asked, will be obtained: nor will He turn His face away from us, since we shall see Him as He is: nor shall we be poor, because God will be our abundance, all in all: nor shall we suffer, as there will be no more weakness: nor after exaltation shall we meet…” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“But when the Beginning shall appear to be with Thee, then shall it be manifest unto all who are made like Thee; since they shall see Thee as Thou art; for Philip saw Thee here, and sought the Father.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Yet since we hope for those things which are to come, and sigh for future happiness, and since it hath not yet appeared what we shall be, although we are already “sons of God;” for “our life is hidden with Christ in God:” “we are utterly despised,” by those who seek or enjoy happiness in this world.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For this do we cleanse our countenance, that we may rejoice in His Countenance.…Because too, “blessed are the poor in heart, for they shall see God;” He gave the Form of Man both to good and evil, the Form of God He preserved for the pure…” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“That will be a revelation which may be spoken of as a true Galilee, when we shall be like Him; there shall we see Him as He is.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment““Beloved, we are sons of God, and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be;” here is this said, in this epistle.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For “we are the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“…saints alone; which the Apostle Paul speaks of, as “face to face;” and of which the Apostle John says, “We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is;” and of which it is said, “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I may behold the beauty of the Lord,” and of which the Lord Himself says, “I will both…” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“…to John, “It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know,” he says, “that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is,” which he certainly intended to be understood as after this life, when we shall have paid the debt of death, and shall have received the promise of the…” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“This is also what John says, “Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“But the Apostle John says, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“Although these words, “from glory to glory,” may be understood also in other ways;—from the glory of faith to the glory of sight, from the glory whereby we are sons of God to the glory whereby we shall be like Him, because “we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“…of God, wherein yet there was found before some likeness, this, too, must be admitted, that even when we shall be like Him, when “we shall see Him as He is” (and certainly he who said this was aware beyond doubt of our present unlikeness), not even then shall we be equal to Him in nature.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2
Read the whole comment“For that is a pure heart which is a single heart: and just as this light cannot be seen, except with pure eyes; so neither is God seen, unless that is pure by which He can be seen.” — editor's note: “Pure in heart.” “Ceremonial purity does not suffice” (Bengel). The singleness of heart which has God’s will for its aim, and follows integrity with our…
Read the whole comment“…are the children of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“We shall some day come to sight, which is thus promised us by John in his Epistle; “Dearly beloved, we are the sons of God, and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“This vision is reserved as the reward of our faith; and of it the Apostle John also says, “When He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“And the Apostle John says in his epistle, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it has not yet appeared what we shall be: we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him even as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“John himself says, and this I cited yesterday: “Beloved, we are the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be: we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him even as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“A great promise, but the reward of faith.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“He might have said “for we shall see Him,” without adding “as He is;” but because he knew that He was seen of some of the fathers and prophets, but not as He is, therefore after saying “we shall see Him,” he added “as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Then accordingly it will be by sight, for we shall see Him as He is.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“It is He, therefore, that becomes our peace, both when we believe that He is, and when we see Him as He is.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“…sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall be manifested, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“For in that future world, when we have reached the kingdom where we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is, what shall we then have to ask, when our desire shall be satisfied with good things?” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“But when He said to God the Father, “I will that they also whom Thou hast given me be with me where I am,” He spake exclusively of that sight wherein we shall see Him as He is.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
Read the whole comment“Just as in his own epistle the same apostle declares, “It has not yet appeared what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For the Father did not appear to Abraham, nor did Abraham wash the feet of God the Father, but the feet of Him in Whom is the image of the man that shall be.” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2, 3; Gen. xviii. 4.
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Tertullian
“And so it will be becoming for ‘the sons of God’ too to be ‘pitiful-hearted’ and ‘peacemakers;’ ‘giving in their turn just as Christ withal hath given to us;’ ‘not judging, that we be not judged.’” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“In like manner John says: “And it doth not yet appear what we shall be: we know, however, that when He shall be manifest, we shall be like Him.”” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
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Leo the Great
“…this shall ensue when man’s nature is transformed, so that no longer “in a mirror,” nor “in a riddle,” but “face to face” it sees the very Godhead “as He is,” which no man could see; and through the unspeakable joy of eternal contemplation obtains that “which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered…” — editor's note: 1 John iii. 2.
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Clement of Alexandria
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together in Catechism §1023 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 25:46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.13.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 75.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 102.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.29.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 123.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 123.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 123.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 123.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 1:18 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 75.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 18:10–14 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 18:10–14 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 25:46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.2 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:28–31 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:28–31 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:28–31 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:28–31 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 25:46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 77.
Cited together in Catechism §1161 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.2.
Cited together in Catechism §2772.
Cited together in Catechism §163 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 75 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.2.
Cited together in Catechism §2772.
Cited together in Catechism §1161.