1 John 3:13

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12not as Cain — of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

14we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Mark 13:13and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end — he shall be saved.

Luke 21:17and ye shall be hated by all because of my name —

John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

John 16:2out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

John 17:14I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, 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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