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1 John 3:2 from the NASB. "Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is."

Please notice the four pronouns in the last sentence, "He" "Him" "Him" "He." To whom do they refer?

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  • Not a Unitarian - but I suppose the response would be that it’s like God.
    – Luke Hill
    Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 1:26
  • Or Jesus. Everyone agrees we will be like Jesus. I'm not sure what you think the relevance of Unitarianism is to this verse.
    – curiousdannii ♦
    Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 1:26
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    Personally, I would have thought it better to ask a question about the text on SE-BH and seek clarification of the exact meaning of the wording. I would view that, myself, as more edifiying.
    – Nigel J
    Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 7:14
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    @Nigelj Thanks for the advice but I just didn't think of it that way. I find it interesting that I'm getting negative votes here and on my other thread about the Jehovah's Witnesses teaching Jesus is "a god." I must be doing something right since there is nothing but "crickets" on these two threads. Thanks again!
    – Mr. Bond
    Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 13:33
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    The text is notable and has similar content to 1 Timothy 3:16 God manifest in flesh (TR/KJV) which of course is removed in the 1881 W&H Greek text for reasons which Hermon Hoskier makes clear in his rebuttal of the 1881 text : Codex B and its Allies. 1 John 3:2 also points to if God be manifested, we shall be like him (also). Again, the one 'manifested' is Jesus Christ and he is termed 'God'. My point was to examine the text without bias (on SE-BH) rather than focus on controversy.
    – Nigel J
    Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 15:17

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