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

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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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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14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(A) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(B)

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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You adulterous(A) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(B) means enmity against God?(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.

12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

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12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,(A)

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17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

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17 Everyone will hate you because of me.(A)

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13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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13 Everyone will hate you because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.(A) In this world you will have trouble.(B) But take heart! I have overcome(C) the world.”

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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

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22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

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Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

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“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(A) and put to death,(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(C)

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22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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