1 John 3:13

So do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love his brother remains in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Luke 21:17And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

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

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a 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 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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