John 15:18
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Majority Standard Bible
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 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say every evil thing against you because of Me.
Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify 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 →