OET interlinear 1YHN (1JHN) 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἴδετε

see

John is using the term See to focus his reader's attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “Consider”

Note 2 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

ὁ Πατὴρ

the Father

Father is an important title for God. Alternate translation: “God the Father”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἵνα τέκνα Θεοῦ κληθῶμεν

in_order_that children ˱of˲_God ˱we˲_/may_be/_called

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form. Alternate translation: “that God should call us his children”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τέκνα Θεοῦ

children ˱of˲_God

Here John expresses the same metaphor as in 2:29 in a slightly different way. See whether you decided to indicate the figurative meaning there. If you translate children using a literal term, choose a word that can refer to people of any age in relation to their father. Alternate translation: “spiritual children of God”

Note 5 topic: translate-textvariants

καὶ ἐσμέν

and ˱we˲_are

See the discussion of textual issues at the end of the General Notes to this chapter to decide whether to follow the reading of ULT and include these words or to follow the reading of some other versions and not include them.

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

διὰ τοῦτο, ὁ κόσμος οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν

because_of this the world not /is/_knowing us because not ˱it˲_knew him

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “Because the world did not know God, for that reason it does not know us”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

διὰ τοῦτο, ὁ κόσμος οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν

because_of this the world not /is/_knowing us because not ˱it˲_knew him

John uses world to mean various things in this letter. Here it refers to people who do not honor God and who do not live as God wishes. Alternate translation: “because ungodly people have not known God, for that reason they do not know us”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς & οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν

not /is/_knowing us & not ˱it˲_knew him

John is using the word know in two different senses. See the discussion of the word “know” in Part 3 of the Introduction to 1 John. If your language has different words for these different senses, it would be appropriate to use them in your translation. Alternate translation: “does not recognize who we are … it did not become acquainted with him”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς

not /is/_knowing us

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly what the world does not know about believers in Jesus. Alternate translation: “does not recognize that we are God’s children”

Note 10 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτόν

him

The pronoun him refers to God here. If this is not clear for your readers, you could supply this from the previous sentence. Alternate translation: “God”