1 John 3:13

“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.] By “the world” is meant the inhabitants of the world, the wicked part of them; these hate the saints, though without a cause, any just cause, and for no other reason, but because they are chosen and called out of the world, and do not live the wicked life they do: and this hatred of theirs is not at all to be wondered at; so it was from the beginning, and has been in all ages since; immediately upon the fall there was enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, which showed itself in Cain, the instance just given, who hated and murdered his righteous brother; Ishmael, that was born after the flesh, persecuted Isaac, that…”

“Marvel not--The marvel would be if the world loved you. the world--of whom Cain is the representative (Jo1 3:12). hate you--as Cain hated even his own brother, and that to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works.”

“Marvel not - Do not think it so unusual, or so little to be expected, as to excite astonishment. If the world hate you - The emphasis here is to be placed on the word “you.” The apostle had just adverted to the fact that Cain hated Abel, his brother, without cause, and he says that they were not to deem it strange if the world hated them in like manner. The Saviour John 15:17-18 introduced these subjects in the same connection. In enjoining the duty of brotherly love on his disciples, he adverts to the fact that they must expect to be hated by the world, and tells them to remember that the world hated him before it hated them. The object of all this was to show more clearly the necessity of…”

“Marvel not if the world hate you - For the same cause. 1 John 3:14”

“Marvel not: Ecc 5:8; Joh 3:7; Act 3:12; Rev 17:7 if: Mat 10:22, Mat 24:9; Mar 13:13; Luk 6:22, Luk 21:17; Joh 7:7, Joh 15:18, Joh 15:19, Joh 16:2, Joh 16:33; Joh 17:14; Rom 8:7; Ti2 3:12; Jam 4:4 1 John 3:14”