John 15:18
If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before it hated you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17This is my command to you: love one another.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:8“Yes, there's another man who could consult the Lord,” the king of Israel replied, “but I don't like him because he never prophesies anything good for me—it's always bad! His name is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” “You shouldn't talk like that,” said Jehoshaphat.
Isaiah 53:3People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and accuse you of all kinds of evil things because of me.
Matthew 24:9Then they will arrest you, they will persecute you, and they will kill you. All people will hate you because of me.
Luke 6:22How happy are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and curse your name as evil because of me, the Son of man.
John 7:7The world has no reason to hate you, but it does hate me, because I make it clear that its ways 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 →