John 15:18
if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
In Context
17'These things I command you, that ye love one another;
Cross References
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Yet — one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil — Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, 'Let not the king say so.'
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 5:11'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —
Matthew 24:9then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;
Luke 6:22'Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake —
John 7:7the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning 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 →