John 15:18 “If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.”

John 15:18

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

Bible in Basic English

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

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Cross references

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

1 John 3:13 John 7:7 Luke 6:22 John 3:20 Mark 13:13 Matthew 10:22

1 John 3:13 · BSB

So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

John 7:7 · BSB

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Luke 6:22 · BSB

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

John 3:20 · BSB

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Mark 13:13 · BSB

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:22 · BSB

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17This is My command to you: Love one another.

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

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