John 15:18
Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17This commaunde I you that ye love to gedder.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsly say all manner of yvell saynges agaynst you for my sake.
Matthew 24:9Then shall they put you to trouble and shall kyll you: and ye shalbe hated of all nacions for my names sake.
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye that wepe now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye when men hate you and thrust you oute of their companye and rayle and abhorre youre name as an evyll thinge for the sonne of manes sake.
John 7:7The worlde cannot hate you. Me it hateth: because I testify of it that the workes of it are evyll.
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 →