13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if (A)the world hates you.

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13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if (A)the world hates you.

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13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

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

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The World’s Hatred

18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (C)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

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Disciples’ Relation to the World

18 (A)If the world hates you, [a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but (B)I chose you out of the world, (C)because of this the world hates you.

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  1. John 15:18 Or (command) know that

The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(B) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(C)

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

19 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.

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25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (A)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

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  1. Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3

25 It is enough for the disciple that he may become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. (A)If they have called the head of the house [a](B)Beelzebul, how much more will they insult the members of his household!

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  1. Matthew 10:25 Two early mss Beezebul; meaning uncertain, perhaps lord prince, referring to Satan

25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,(A) how much more the members of his household!

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25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

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