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New Life Version

1 John 3:13

Do not be surprised if the world hates you, Christian brothers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Hatred;   Malice;   Persecution;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hated, Saints;   Hatred;   Love-Hatred;   Saints;   The Topic Concordance - Hate;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hatred;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - John, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Union to Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Old Testament;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hate, Hatred;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Epistles of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hating, Hatred;   John Epistles of;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   World;   Worldliness (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - John, the Epistles of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
King James Version (1611)
Marueile not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
King James Version
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
English Standard Version
Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
New American Standard Bible
Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
New Century Version
Brothers and sisters, do not be surprised when the people of the world hate you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
Berean Standard Bible
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
Contemporary English Version
My friends, don't be surprised if the people of this world hate you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don't be amazed, brothers, if the world hates you.
Darby Translation
Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Brothers and sisters, don't be surprised when the people of this world hate you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you.
George Lamsa Translation
So be not surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you.
Good News Translation
So do not be surprised, my friends, if the people of the world hate you.
Lexham English Bible
Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
Literal Translation
Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Amplified Bible
Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you.
American Standard Version
Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
Bible in Basic English
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
Hebrew Names Version
Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
International Standard Version
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.John 15:18-19; 17:14; 2 Timothy 3:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Murdock Translation
And wonder not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.
English Revised Version
Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
World English Bible
Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Weymouth's New Testament
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Britheren, nyle ye wondre, if the world hatith you.
Update Bible Version
And don't marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
New English Translation
Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
New King James Version
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
New Living Translation
So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
New Revised Standard
Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be not marveling, brethren, if, the world, is hating you:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
Revised Standard Version
Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Marvayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.
Young's Literal Translation
Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Maruayle not (my brethren) though the worlde hate you.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Simplified Cowboy Version
So, in light of this, why does it surprise you that the world, who does wrong things, hates you for doing right things?

Contextual Overview

11 This is what you have heard from the beginning, that we should love each other. 12 Do not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? It was because he did what was sinful and his brother did what was right. 13 Do not be surprised if the world hates you, Christian brothers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Marvel not: Ecclesiastes 5:8, John 3:7, Acts 3:12, Revelation 17:7

if: Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:9, Mark 13:13, Luke 6:22, Luke 21:17, John 7:7, John 15:18, John 15:19, John 16:2, John 16:33, John 17:14, Romans 8:7, 2 Timothy 3:12, James 4:4

Reciprocal: Proverbs 29:10 - The bloodthirsty Proverbs 29:27 - General Isaiah 66:5 - Your Romans 12:2 - be not Galatians 6:10 - especially 1 John 2:9 - and hateth

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
The snake said to the woman, "No, you for sure will not die!
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food, and pleasing to the eyes, and could fill the desire of making one wise. So she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man. He said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
And the man said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden. I was afraid because I was without clothes. So I hid myself."
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "What is this that you have done? Did you not know that a man like me has power to know what is not known by others?"
1 Samuel 13:11
But Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "I saw that the people were leaving me. You did not come when you said you would. And the Philistines were gathering at Michmash.
2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? See, Abner came to you. Why then have you sent him away, so that he is gone?
John 18:35
Pilate said, "Do you think I am a Jew? Your own people and religious leaders have handed You over to me. What have You done?"
1 Timothy 2:14
Adam was not fooled by Satan; it was the woman who was fooled and sinned.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 was born after the Spirit; and as it was then, it is now, the Jews persecuted the prophets of old, and hated Christ and his apostles. This is the common lot of all the saints, of all that will live godly in Christ Jesus; and therefore it should not be reckoned a strange and unusual thing; it always was so, even from the beginning, as soon as ever there were two sorts of persons, good and bad, righteous and wicked. This is a corollary or conclusion drawn from the above instance of Cain.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Marvel 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 brotherly love on his disciples, he adverts to the fact that they must expect to be hated by the world, and tells them to remember that the world hated him before it hated them. The object of all this was to show more clearly the necessity of strong and tender mutual affection among Christians, since they could hope for none from the world. See the notes at John 15:18-19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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."


 
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