John 15:18

Suffering Following Jesus

¹⁶ You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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

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

¹⁹ If 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.

²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
KJV: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
WEB: If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
ASV: If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
DARBY: If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.
BLB: If the world hates you⁺, you⁺ know that it has hated Me before you⁺.

ÅB: Når verden hater dere, da skal dere vite at den har hatet meg før dere.
OTB: Hvis verden hater dere, husk at den hatet meg før den hatet dere.
B1930: Når verden hater eder, da skal I vite at den har hatet mig før eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 3:13
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
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Luke 6:22
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.
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Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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1 John 3:1
Behold 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.
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Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
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