1 John 3:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.”
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BSBPD
“So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 John 3:13 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- Luke 21:17And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
- John 3:7Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Acts 3:12And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
- Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- 2 Timothy 3:12Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
- James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Revelation 17:7“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
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