John 15:25

And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law – ‘They hated me without cause.’

Open English Bible (US)

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 had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

26But, when the helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father – the Spirit of truth, who comes from the Father – will bear testimony to me;

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Cross References

Psalms 35:19Suffer not those to rejoice over me who are falsely my foes, suffer not those who without cause abhor me to wink with the eye.

Psalms 109:3they beset me with words of hatred, and fight without cause against me.

Luke 24:44“This is what I told you,” he said, “when I was still with you – that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled.”

John 19:36For all this happened in fulfillment of the words of scripture – ‘Not one of its bones will be broken.’

Romans 3:24but, in his loving kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 2:21I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!

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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