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Don`t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
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An Ancient, Expected Pattern
Commentators universally agree that believers should not be surprised by the world's hostility. John points to the ancient example of Cain hating Abel to show this is a long-standing pattern. Scholars note the command 'Marvel not' can be translated as 'stop being surprised,' framing opposition as an expected, not strange, part of the Christian experience.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Marvel not. Do not think it so unusual, or so little to be expected, as to cause astonishment.
If the world hate you. The …
If (ε). Common construction after θαυμαζω (wonder) rather than οτ (that, because). Present imperative here with μη means "cease wo…
19th Century
Anglican
BROTHERLY LOVE THE NECESSARY FLOWER OF THE DIVINE LOVE IN THE DIVINE BIRTH (1 John 3:11–18).—In 1 John 2:10, St. Joh…
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Baptist
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 w…
The hatred of the “world” (GK 3180) for the community of faith must not surprise the believers. The author does not say that the world always hates…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you . By "the world" is meant the inhabitants of the world, the wicked part of them…
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