John 15:18

If the world hates you, know that it first hated me.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17I command these things unto you, that you must love one another with divine love.

19If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.

Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name,

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

John 7:7The world is not able to hate you; but it hates me, because I testify against 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 →

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