John 15:18

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

Revised King James 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 I command you, that you love one another.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Matthew 24:9Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you, when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of 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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