1 John 3:13

Do not wonder, brothers, if the world continues to hate you.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother’s, righteous.

14We know that we have migrated, out of death into life, because we love our brothers. He who has no love is abiding in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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

Luke 21:17"Some of you they will put to death. And you shall be hated by all men for the sake of my name.

John 7:7"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

John 16:2"They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God’s service.

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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