John 15:18
if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;
Literal Standard Version
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 says to Jehoshaphat, “Yet one man [remains] to seek YHWH from him, and I have hated him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil—Micaiah son of Imlah”; and Jehoshaphat says, “Do not let the king say so.”
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, || A Man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, || And as one hiding the face from us, || He is despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for My sake—
Matthew 24:9then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of My Name;
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men will hate you, and when they will separate you, and will reproach, and will cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake—
John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning 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 →