1 John 3:13

Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the works of his brother were righteous.

14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all people for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Mark 13:13And you will be hated by all on account of My name. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 1 The Great Tribulation

Luke 21:17And you will be hated by all people for My name's sake.

John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

John 16:2They will excommunicate you; but the time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.

John 17:14I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just 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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