John 15:23
21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
- KJV
- He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- WEB
- He who hates me, hates my Father also.
- ASV
- He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- DARBY
- He that hates me hates also my Father.
- BLB
- The one hating Me hates My Father also.
- ÅB
- Den som hater meg, han hater også min Far.
- OTB
- Den som hater meg, hater også min Far.
- B1930
- Den som hater mig, han hater også min Fader.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:40–42
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
Read in context1 John 2:23
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Read in context2 John 1:9
Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Read in context