John 15:18
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17This I command you, that ye love one another.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 24:9Then will they deliver you up to distress, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations on account of my name.
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of 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 →