New International Version
1 John 3:13
13Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
1 John 3:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Context of 1 John 3:13
11For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
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Καὶ μὴ θαυμάζετε, ἀδελφοί εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 John 3:13
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
- John 3:7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
- Acts 3:12When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
- Revelation 17:7Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
- Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 24:9“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
- Mark 13:13Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
- Luke 21:17Everyone will hate you because of me.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
- John 17:14I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
- Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- 2 Timothy 3:12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
- James 4:4You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
Commentaries on 1 John 3:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Marvel not - if the world hate you - Expect no better treatment from unconverted Jews and Gentiles than Abel received from his wicked and cruel brother. This was a lesson to the Church, preparatory to martyrdom. Expect neither justice nor mercy from the men who are enemies of God. They are either full of malice and envy, hateful, hating one another, or they are specious, hollow, false, and deceitful. "A foe to God was ne'er true friend to Man."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Marvel not - Do not think it so unusual, or so little to be expected, as to excite astonishment. If the world hate you - The emphasis here is to be placed on the word “you.” The apostle had just adverted to the fact that Cain hated Abel, his brother, without cause, and he says that they were not to deem it strange if the world hated them in like manner. The Saviour John 15:17-18 introduced these subjects in the same connection. In enjoining the duty of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-15Verses 11-15 We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brethren in Christ. This love is the special fruit of our faith, and a certain sign of our being born again. But none who rightly know the heart of man, can wonder at the contempt and enmity of ungodly people against the children of God. We know that we are passed from death to life: we may know it by the evidences of our faith in Christ, of which love to our brethren…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Cain, who belonged to the evil one: Cain was jealous that Abel received approval from God. This jealousy led to murder (Genesis 4:8). God judges hatred, just like the outward act that results from it (see Matthew 5:21–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Marvel not--The marvel would be if the world loved you. the world--of whom Cain is the representative (1Jo 3:12). hate you--as Cain hated even his own brother, and that to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 John 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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