John 15:18
If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17These things I command you, that you love one another.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: Micheas the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.
Isaiah 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
Luke 6:22Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18
Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →