“"For the world knows us not, as it knew Him not." He means by the world those who live a worldly life in pleasures.”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus
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1Behold, 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.
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— 1 John 3:1 —
2Beloved, 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.
3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.