John 15:18

And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

In Context

17These I command you, That you love one another.

19And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when they treat you with reviling, and persecute you, and say concerning you every evil word, for my sake, in falsity.

Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated of all peoples on account of my name.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you when the sons of man hate you, and separate you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

John 7:7The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth, because I bear witness against it that the works of it 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 →

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