John 15:18
“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when others reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when others hate you, when they exclude you, reproach you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it does hate 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 →