John 15:18

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 15:18 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  2. Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  3. Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
  4. Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
  5. Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
  6. Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  7. Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
  8. Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  9. Luke 6:22Blessed 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.
  10. John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
  11. John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  12. John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  13. Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  14. James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  15. 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  16. 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
  17. 1 John 3:13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

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