Malachi 3:1-2
1 a“Behold, I send bmy messenger, and che will prepare the way before me. And the Lord dwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ethe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2But fwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ghe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.John 1:10-11
10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet hthe world did not know him. 11He came to ihis own, ▼▼Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people
and khis own people ▼▼People is implied in Greek
mdid not receive him. John 8:19
19They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, n“You know neither me nor my Father. oIf you knew me, you would know my Father also.”John 16:3
3And they will do these things pbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.John 17:3
3 qAnd this is eternal life, rthat they know you, sthe only ttrue God, and uJesus Christ whom you have sent.John 17:25
25 vO righteous Father, even though wthe world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.1 John 3:1
1See xwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ychildren of God; and so we are. The reason why zthe world does not know us is that aait did not know him.
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