1 John 3:13

New Century Version

Brothers and sisters, do not be surprised when the people of the world hate you.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:27

Good people hate those who are dishonest, and the wicked hate those who are honest.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

In some places you will see poor people mistreated. Don’t be surprised when they are not treated fairly or given their rights. One officer is cheated by a higher officer who in turn is cheated by even higher officers.

Matthew 10:22

All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then people will arrest you, hand you over to be hurt, and kill you. They will hate you because you believe in me.

Mark 13:13

All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

Luke 21:17

All people will hate you because you follow me.

Luke 6:22

“People will hate you, shut you out, insult you, and say you are evil because you follow the Son of Man. But when they do, you will be blessed.

John 16:2

People will put you out of their synagogues. Yes, the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering service to God.

John 16:33

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world.”

John 17:14

I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them, because they don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.

John 3:7

Don’t be surprised when I tell you, ‘You must all be born again.’

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I tell it the evil things it does.

Acts 3:12

When Peter saw this, he said to them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power or goodness that made this man walk.

Romans 8:7

When people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, they are against God, because they refuse to obey God’s law and really are not even able to obey God’s law.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live as God desires, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.

James 4:4

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the secret of this woman and the beast she rides—the one with seven heads and ten horns.