Joh 1:12, 1Jo 3:1 | ESV | STEP | But to all who did receive him , who believed in his name , he gave the right to become children of God ,

John 1:12

12 But to all who did receive him, ^awho believed in his name, ^bhe gave the right ^cto become ^dchildren of God,

1 John 3:1

1 See ^ewhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^fchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^gthe world does not know us is that ^hit did not know him.