2 Peter 1:4

4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become apartakers of the divine nature, bhaving escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

1 John 3:1

1See cwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called dchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ethe world does not know us is that fit did not know him.
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