1 Johannes 3:13

13 Wundert euch nicht, Brüder, wenn die Welt euch haßt.

1 Johannes 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

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 was born after the Spirit; and as it was then, it is now, the Jews persecuted the prophets of old, and hated Christ and his apostles. This is the common lot of all the saints, of all that will live godly in Christ Jesus; and therefore it should not be reckoned a strange and unusual thing; it always was so, even from the beginning, as soon as ever there were two sorts of persons, good and bad, righteous and wicked. This is a corollary or conclusion drawn from the above instance of Cain.

1 Johannes 3:13 In-Context

11 Denn dies ist die Botschaft, die ihr von Anfang gehört habt, daß wir einander lieben sollen;

12 nicht wie Kain aus dem Bösen war und seinen Bruder ermordete; und weshalb ermordete er ihn? Weil seine Werke böse waren, die seines Bruders aber gerecht.

13 Wundert euch nicht, Brüder, wenn die Welt euch haßt.

14 Wir wissen, daß wir aus dem Tode in das Leben übergegangen sind, weil wir die Brüder lieben; wer den Bruder nicht liebt, bleibt in dem Tode.

15 Jeder, der seinen Bruder haßt, ist ein Menschenmörder, und ihr wisset, daß kein Menschenmörder ewiges Leben in sich bleibend hat.