AKJV
KJV
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.

ASV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

ERVEN
1. The Father has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are his children. But the people in the world don't understand that we are God's children, because they have not known him.

NLT
1. See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.

WEB
1. Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

NET
1. (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children— and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

NLV
1. See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him.

HCSB
1. Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn't know Him.

YLT
1. See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

LITV
1. See what manner of love the Father has given us, that we may be called children of God. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

RV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: and {cf15i such} we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

NCV
1. The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

MKJV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

LXXEN



KJV
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.

AMP
1. SEE WHAT [an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him.

KJVP
1. Behold G1492 V-2AAM-2P , what manner G4217 A-ASF of love G26 N-ASF the G3588 T-NSM Father G3962 N-NSM hath bestowed G1325 V-RAI-3S upon us G2254 P-1DP , that G2443 CONJ we should be called G2564 V-APS-1P the sons G5043 N-APN of God G2316 N-GSM : therefore G1223 PREP the G3588 T-NSM world G2889 N-NSM knoweth G1097 V-PAI-3S us G2248 not G3756 PRT-N , because G3754 CONJ it knew G1097 V-2AAI-3S him G846 P-ASM not G3756 PRT-N .

YLT
1. See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

ASV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

WEB
1. Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

NASB
1. See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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

RV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: and {cf15i such} we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

RSV
1. See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

NKJV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

MKJV
1. Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

AKJV
1. Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

NRSV
1. See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

NIV
1. How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

NIRV
1. How great is the love the Father has given us so freely! Now we can be called children of God. And that's what we really are! The world doesn't know us because it didn't know him.

NLT
1. See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.

MSG
1. What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it--we're called children of God! That's who we really are. But that's also why the world doesn't recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he's up to.

GNB
1. See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children---and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

NET
1. (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children— and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

ERVEN
1. The Father has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are his children. But the people in the world don't understand that we are God's children, because they have not known him.