The Hatred of the World
John 15:18
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;
- YLT
- if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;
- DBY
- If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.
- DRC
- If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.
- GNV
- If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
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- SBLGNT: ὑμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμῶν; the Greek text behind the NIV omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Εἰ ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν.
- RP2018
- Εἰ ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν.
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν μεμίσηκεν.
- SCR1894
- ει ο κοσμος υμας μισει γινωσκετε οτι εμε πρωτον υμων μεμισηκεν
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- 1 John 3:13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- 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.
- Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- 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.
- Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- 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.
- John 15:23–25Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. 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. But this is to fulfill…
- 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.
- 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!”…
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- 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…
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