Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 John 3:13
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1 John3:13
13. Marvel not--The marvel would be if the world loved you.
the world--of whom Cain is the representative (1Jo 3:12).
hate you--as Cain hated even his own brother, and that to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works.
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