1 John 3:13

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Do not be like Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Mark 13:13And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 21:17And you shall be hated by all for my name's sake.

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

John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time comes when whoever kills you will think that he is serving God.

John 17:14I have given them your word; and the world has 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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