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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 John 3:2 → Psalm 17:15

Allusion

Later text

1 John 3:2BSB

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Earlier text

Psalm 17:15BSB

As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:05

Significance

Both texts unite seeing God with transformation into His likeness. David declares: "As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness (תְּמוּנָה)." John echoes: "We will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is." The Psalm connects righteousness, awakening (implying resurrection), beholding God's face, and being satisfied with His likeness — all themes John develops eschatologically. David's hope of beholding God's face, which the Sinai prohibition (Exod 33:20) seemed to preclude, finds its resolution in John's eschatological promise. The beatific vision is the fulfillment of the Psalmist's deepest longing.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment