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Good News Translation
1 John 3:13
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Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Marueile not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Brothers and sisters, do not be surprised when the people of the world hate you.
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
My friends, don't be surprised if the people of this world hate you.
Don't be amazed, brothers, if the world hates you.
Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
Brothers and sisters, don't be surprised when the people of this world hate you.
Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you.
So be not surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you.
Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you.
Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.John 15:18-19; 17:14; 2 Timothy 3:12;">[xr]
Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world hate you.
And wonder not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.
Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
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.
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
Britheren, nyle ye wondre, if the world hatith you.
And don't marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
Do not be surprised if the world hates you, Christian brothers.
Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.
Be not marveling, brethren, if, the world, is hating you:
Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you.
Marvayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.
Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;
Maruayle not (my brethren) though the worlde hate you.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
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
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
The snake replied, "That's not true; you will not die.
The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.
But the Lord God called out to the man, "Where are you?"
He answered, "I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked."
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
and Joseph said, "What have you done? Didn't you know that a man in my position could find you out by practicing divination?"
but Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "The people were deserting me, and you had not come when you said you would; besides that, the Philistines are gathering at Michmash.
So Joab went to the king and said to him, "What have you done? Abner came to you—why did you let him go like that?
Pilate replied, "Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?"
And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law.
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."
