John 17:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”

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BSBPD

“I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 17:14 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  2. Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
  3. Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
  4. Matthew 10:24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
  5. Mark 10:39“We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.
  6. John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  7. John 8:23Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
  8. John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  9. John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  10. 1 Peter 4:4Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.
  11. 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
  12. 1 John 4:5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
  13. 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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