1 John 3:13

Marvayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12not as Cayn which was of the wicked and slewe his brother. And wherfore slewe he him? Because his awne workes were evyll and his brothers good.

14We knowe that we are translated from deeth vnto lyfe be cause we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abydeth in deeth.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated of all me for my name. But he that endureth to the ende shalbe saved.

Mark 13:13And ye shalbe hated of all men for my names sake. But whosoever shall endure vnto the ende the same shalbe safe.

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

John 7:7The worlde cannot hate you. Me it hateth: because I testify of it that the workes of it are evyll.

John 16:2They shall excommunicat you: ye the tyme shall come that whosoever killeth you will thinke that he doth God service.

John 17:14I have geven them thy wordes and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde even as I am not of the worlde.

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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