1 John 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Marvel not. The marvel would be if the world loved you.

The world - whom Cain represents (1 John 3:12).

Hate you - as Cain hated his own brother, to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by good works.

1 John 3:13

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