1 John 3:13
Wonder not then, my brethren, if the world hate you:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
In Context
12and why did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Cross References
Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated by all men for professing my name; but he that perseveres to the end shall certainly be saved.
Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated by all men for my sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
Luke 21:17and ye will be hated by all men for my sake.
John 7:7but me it hates, because I bear my testimony concerning it, that it's deeds are evil.
John 16:2for they will excommunicate you: yea, the time is coming, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he offers an acceptable service to God.
John 17:14I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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 →