1 John 3:13 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 John 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "marvel", "brethren", and "hate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "marvel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Not as Cain who was of that..." into verse 14's "We know that we have passed from...", so "world" and "marvel" belong inside that flow. In 1 John context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "marvel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.