1 John 3:13

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Marvel	θαυμάζετε, thaumazete	G2296	to wonder · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person plural
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
brethren	ἀδελφοί adelphoi	G80	a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (m… · noun — vocative plural masculine
if	εἰ ei	G1487	if · conditional particle
world	κόσμος. kosmos	G2889	orderly arrangement · noun — nominative singular masculine
hate	μισεῖ misei	G3404	to detest (especially to persecute) · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)

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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.
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…
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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…
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he tha…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:11-13

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, or antiquity, or primariness of the injunction relating thereto: And this is the message (the errand or charge) which you heard from the beginning (this came among the principal parts of practical Christianity), that we should love one another, Jo1 3:11. We should love the Lord Jesus, and value his love, and consequently love all the objects of it, and thereupon all our brethren in Christ. II. To dissuade from what is contrary thereto, all ill-will towards the brethren, and that by the example of Cain. Hi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 John 3:13

Marvel not--The marvel would be if the world loved you. the world--of whom Cain is the representative (Jo1 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.

Adam Clarke on 1 John 3:13

Marvel 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."

John Gill on 1 John 3:13

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. By "the world" is meant the inhabitants of the world, the wicked part of them; these hate the saints, though without a cause, any just cause, and for no other reason, but because they are chosen and called out of the world, and do not live the wicked life they do: and this hatred of theirs is not at all to be wondered at; so it was from the beginning, and has been in all ages since; immediately upon the fall there was enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, which showed itself in Cain, the instance just given, who hated and murdered his righteous brother; Ishmael, that was born after the flesh, persecuted Isaac, that w…

The Church Fathers

It is not to be wondered at if evil people, who are here called the "world," hate those who live godly lives according to the commands of Christ. It would be much more surprising if such people loved us instead!
— Didymus the Blind, COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

If we have passed from death to life by passing from unbelief to faith, let us not be surprised if the world hates us. For no one who has failed to pass from death to life, but has remained in death, can love those who have left the darkened house of death.
— Origen of Alexandria, EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM 41

Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you. He calls those who love the world worldly. Nor should it be wondered that those who love the world cannot love a brother separated from the love of the world and intent only on heavenly desires. For religion is an abomination to a sinner, as Scripture testifies.
— Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles

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Dictionary and topics

Hatred · Saints should: Not marvel at — Saints should: Not marvel at

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 John 3:13

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:11-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 John 3:13

Adam Clarke on 1 John 3:13

John Gill on 1 John 3:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 John 3:13

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:11-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 John 3:13

Adam Clarke on 1 John 3:13

John Gill on 1 John 3:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 1 John 3:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 John 3:12-13