John 15:25

but—that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law—They hated Me without a cause.

Literal 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 did not do among them the works that no other has done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father;

26And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth, who comes forth from the Father, He will testify of Me;

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Cross References

Psalms 35:19Do not let my enemies rejoice over me [with] falsehood, || Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

Psalms 109:3They have surrounded me about, || And they fight me without cause.

Luke 24:44and He said to them, “These [are] the words that I spoke to you, being yet with you, that it is necessary to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about Me.”

John 19:36For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, “A bone of Him will not be broken”;

Romans 3:24being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,

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

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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