John 15:18
"do not forget that it hated me first.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17"This is my command. to love one another. If the worlds hates you,
Cross References
Matthew 5:11"Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name’s sake.
Matthew 24:9"Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
Luke 6:22"Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.
John 7:7"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.
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 →