John 15:19
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
- WEB
- If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- ASV
- If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
- DARBY
- If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
- BLB
- If you⁺ were of the world, the world would love [you] [as] its own; but because you⁺ are not of the world, but I chose you⁺ out of the world, on account of this, the world hates you⁺.
- ÅB
- Var dere av verden, da ville verden elske sitt eget; men fordi dere ikke er av verden, men jeg har utvalgt dere av verden, derfor hater verden dere.
- OTB
- Hvis dere var av verden, ville verden elske dere som sine egne. Men fordi dere ikke er av verden, og jeg har valgt dere ut av verden, derfor hater verden dere.
- B1930
- Var I av verden, da vilde verden elske sitt eget; men fordi I ikke er av verden, men jeg har utvalgt eder av verden, derfor hater verden eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:4–5
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Read in contextJohn 17:14–16
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.
Read in contextEphesians 1:4–11
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Read in contextTitus 3:3–7
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read in contextJohn 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Read in context1 John 5:19–20
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Read in contextEphesians 2:2–5
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Read in context1 Peter 2:9–12
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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