1 John 3:13

If the world hates you, brothers, do not be surprised.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother’s works were just.

14We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.

Mark 13:13And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered unto the end, the same will be saved.

Luke 21:17And you will be hated by all because of my name.

John 7:7The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.

John 17:14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I, too, 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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