Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 John 3:13

"Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you." — 1 John 3:13 (ASV)

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

See, Cain hated Abel, and the world hates the saints. It is the very nature and spirit of the world to hate those who are not of the world.

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

As Cain hated Abel, so worldly people hate the saints, whose holiness is a continual rebuke to the ungodly.

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

This hatred is too old for you to wonder at it. If it began with the first man who was born into the world, even with Cain, do not marvel if it should spend some of its fury upon you.