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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Marvel not - Do not think it so unusual, or so little to be expected, as to excite astonishment. If the world hate you - The emphasis here is to be placed on the word “you.” The apostle had just…
Adam Clarke
Marvel not - if the world hate you - Expect no better treatment from unconverted Jews and Gentiles than Abel received from his wicked and cruel brother. This was a lesson to the Church, preparatory to…
The apostle, having intimated that one mark of the devil's children is hatred of the brethren, takes occasion thence,
I. To recommend fraternal Christian love, and that from the excellence, or…
Love and Hate: Life and Death
Marvel not, my brethren Comp. Joh 5:28; Joh 3:7. The antagonism between the light and the darkness, between God and the evil one, between righteousness and…
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