“Beloved, 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” (I John 3:2).

Although the book of I John is well known for its use of the word “love,” various words, such as “know,” “perceive,” and “behold,” occur almost as often.

“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (Ephesians 5:21).

“Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge” (Proverbs 19:27).

“And, thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands” (Hebrews 1:10).

“And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endureth for ever” (I Chronicles 16:41).