1 John 3:13
11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
- KJV
- Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
- WEB
- Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
- ASV
- Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
- DARBY
- Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
- BLB
- And do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you⁺.
- ÅB
- Undre dere ikke, brødre, om verden hater dere!
- OTB
- Bli ikke forundret, brødre og søstre, om verden hater dere.
- B1930
- Undre eder ikke, brødre, om verden hater eder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:18–19
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Read in contextJohn 17:14
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Read in contextLuke 21:17
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Read in contextLuke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Read in contextMark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Read in contextJames 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
Read in contextMatthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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