1 John 3:13

Contextual Overview

¹¹For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, ¹¹ For this is the message that yee heard from the beginning, that wee should loue one another. ¹¹ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. ¹¹ For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. ¹¹ For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another; ¹¹ This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other. ¹¹ For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other. ¹¹ For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; ¹¹This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. ¹¹ From the beginning you were told that we must love each other.

Bible Verse Review
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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 serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You shall not surely die.

Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,

Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die!

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die!

Genesis 3:4
Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!

Genesis 3:4
"No, you won't!" the snake replied.

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."