1 JOHN 3:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.”
Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you — the hatred (miseo) of the world toward believers continues Cain's pattern. Surprise (thaumazo) would be inappropriate: opposition is eschatologically expected. Hatred marks the boundary between God's children and the world's children.
Church Fathers on 1 John 3:13
“Whosoever is not righteous is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.” 1 John 3:10-11 “For this is the message:” mark how he confirms it: “For this is the message which we heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” He has made it manifest to us that it is of this he speaks; whoever acts against this commandment, is in that accursed sin, into which those fall who are not born of God. “Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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