1 John 3:
A similar idea is in James 5:
We shall be like him. OK. Make sense. But a chapter later in 1 John 4:2b We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Berean Literal Bible:17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
Berean Study Bible:just as He is, also are we in this world.
We are to imitate Jesus in the world. We act as he acted.for in this world we are just like Him.
A similar idea is in James 5:
John and James encouraged believers to see Jesus and Elijah as models to imitate. We are just like them.17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.