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1 John 3:13

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

Marvel {G2296} not {G3361}, my {G3450} brethren {G80}, if {G1487} the world {G2889} hate {G3404} you {G5209}.

Don’t be amazed, brothers, if the world hates you.

So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

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Cross-References

  • John 15:18 (17 votes)

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.

  • John 15:19 (17 votes)

    If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  • John 17:14 (14 votes)

    I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • Luke 21:17 (6 votes)

    And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake.

  • James 4:4 (5 votes)

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • 2 Timothy 3:12 (5 votes)

    Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • Mark 13:13 (4 votes)

    And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.