1 John 3:13

New International Reader's Version

My brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised if the world hates you.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:27

Those who do what is right hate dishonest people. Those who do what is wrong hate honest people.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn’t right or fair. Don’t be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Officials who are even higher are watching both of them.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of me. But anyone who remains strong in the faith will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then people will hand you over to be treated badly and killed. All nations will hate you because of me.

Mark 13:13

Everyone will hate you because of me. But the one who remains strong in the faith will be saved.

Luke 21:17

Everyone will hate you because of me.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they have nothing to do with you and say bad things about you, and when they treat your name as something evil. They do all this because you are followers of the Son of Man.

John 16:2

You will be thrown out of the synagogue. In fact, the time is coming when someone may kill you. And they will think they are doing God a favor.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that you can have peace because of me. In this world you will have trouble. But be encouraged! I have won the battle over the world.”

John 17:14

I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am.

John 3:7

You should not be surprised when I say, ‘You must all be born again.’

John 7:7

The people of the world can’t hate you. But they hate me. This is because I am a witness that their works are evil.

Acts 3:12

When Peter saw this, he said, “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us? It’s not as if we’ve made this man walk by our own power or godliness.

Romans 8:7

The mind ruled by the power of sin is at war with God. It does not obey God’s law. It can’t.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be treated badly.

James 4:4

You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman. And I will explain the mystery of the beast she rides on. The beast is the one who has the seven heads and ten horns.