John 15:18
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17"Thus I command you to love one another.
Cross References
Matthew 5:11"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.
Matthew 24:9"At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.
Luke 6:22"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.
John 7:7It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is 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 →