For this reason the world does not know us because it did not know Him. Beloved, we are even here and now, children of God. And it is not yet made clear what we will be after his coming. We know that when he comes and is revealed, we will, as his children, be like Him, because we will see Him just as he is, in all his glory. And I was reading some commentaries this morning, and this is mclaren's expository