1 John 3:13 · KJV
“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.”
— 1 John 3:13
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.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.
1 John 3 — Context
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. {message: or, commandment}
12Not 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.
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {his} brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Cross References
John 15:18-19
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
John 17:14
I 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.
Luke 21:17
And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Mark 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 6:22
Blessed 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.
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.