John 15:25

But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

In Context

24If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

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Cross References

Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Psalms 109:3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.

John 19:36For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Romans 3:24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Galatians 2:21I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Matthew Henry on John 15:19-26

Hatred and Persecution Foretold. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you… Read the whole commentary →

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