1 John 3:13

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

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In Context

12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 21:17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:12-14

Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. The apostle, having intimated that one mark of the devil's children is hatred of the brethren, takes occasion thence, I. To recommend fraternal Christian love, and that from the excellence,… Read the whole commentary →

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