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1 John 3:13
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. (1 John 3:13)
Hate.
 See on John 15:18-25.
World.
 See on ch. 2:15.
My brethren.
Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the omission of “my.” John is possibly emphasizing the community of suffering that he shares with his readers by reason of the world’s persecution.
Marvel not.
In view of the continuous record of the hatred of the wicked for the righteous, John’s readers had no cause for surprise at any hatred they experienced at the hands of their contemporaries.