Revised Webster's Bible
1 John 3:13
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 3:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates 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.
Context of 1 John 3:13
11For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15Whoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Read all of 1 John 31 John 3:13 word by word
Καὶ μὴ θαυμάζετε, ἀδελφοί εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 John 3:13
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.
- John 3:7Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.
- Acts 3:12And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
- Revelation 17:7And the angel said to me, Why didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
- Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
- Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
- Luke 21:17And ye shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
- John 15:18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
- John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
- John 17:14I have given to them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- 2 Timothy 3:12And, all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the 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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