1 John 3:13

Do not wonder, my brothers, if the world hates you;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

14we have known that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers; he who is not loving [his] brother remains in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22and you will be hated by all because of My Name, but he who has endured to the end, he will be saved.

Mark 13:13and you will be hated by all because of My Name, but he who has endured to the end—he will be saved.

Luke 21:17and you will be hated by all because of My Name—

John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour comes that everyone who has killed you may think to offer service to God;

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