John 15:18
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 may love one another. 1 The World's Hatred
Cross References
Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you whenever they revile you, and they persecute you, and they say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to tribulation and they will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations, on account of My name.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, 1 And when they shall exclude you, 1 And shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, 1 Because of the Son of Man. 1
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that its works 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 →