1 John 3:13

Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

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

In Context

12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Mark 13:13You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 21:17You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

John 7:7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

John 17:14I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even 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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