Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. New Living Translation “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. English Standard Version “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. Berean Standard Bible If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. Berean Literal Bible If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you. King James Bible If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. New King James Version “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. New American Standard Bible “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. NASB 1995 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. NASB 1977 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. Legacy Standard Bible “If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you. Amplified Bible “If the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you. Christian Standard Bible “If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you. Holman Christian Standard Bible “If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. American Standard Version If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. Contemporary English Version If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated me first. English Revised Version If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. GOD'S WORD® Translation "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me before it hated you. Good News Translation "If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first. International Standard Version "If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you. Majority Standard Bible If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. NET Bible "If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. New Heart English Bible If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. Webster's Bible Translation If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. Weymouth New Testament If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred. World English Bible If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionif the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you; Berean Literal Bible If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you. Young's Literal Translation if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; Smith's Literal Translation If the world hate you, know that it has hated me the first of you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you. Catholic Public Domain Version If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. New American Bible “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. New Revised Standard Version “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf the world hate you, know well that it has hated me before you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And if the world hates you, know that it hated me before you.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentIf the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you. Mace New Testament if the world hate you, consider that it hated me before it hated you. Weymouth New Testament If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Hatred of the World17This is My command to you: Love one another. 18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19If 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.… Cross References Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 1 John 3:13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. John 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil. John 17:14 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. 1 John 4:5-6 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. / We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. 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. 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. James 4:4 You 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. Galatians 4:29 At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now. Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. / Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. Isaiah 66:5 You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.” Treasury of Scripture If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. John 15:23-25 He that hateth me hateth my Father also… John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Jump to Previous First Fixed Hate Hated Hates Hateth Hatred Mind Object Remember WorldJump to Next First Fixed Hate Hated Hates Hateth Hatred Mind Object Remember WorldJohn 15 1. The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine.18. The hatred of the world. 26. The office of the Holy Spirit. If the world hates you The phrase begins with "If," suggesting a conditional statement that anticipates a reality for believers. The Greek word for "world" is "kosmos," which often refers to the fallen, sinful human system opposed to God. Historically, the early Christians faced persecution from both Jewish and Roman authorities, reflecting the world's hostility. The term "hates" comes from the Greek "miseo," indicating a deep-seated animosity. This hatred is not merely personal but is rooted in spiritual opposition to the values and truth of Christ. The world, in its fallen state, is in rebellion against God, and this rebellion manifests as hatred towards those who follow Christ. understand that it hated Me first Ye know that it hated me before it hated you.--It is better to take the first word as an imperative, "Know that it hated . . ." The very hatred, then, is a bond of union with their Master, and this thought should supply strength to meet it, and joy even when suffering from it (John 15:11). (Comp. 1Peter 4:12-13.) Verse 18. - You need net be surprised if the world hate you. "The world," κόσμος (five times used in strongly emphatic manner), is humanity apart from grace. This world will despise and hate your mutual love, will scorn your love to itself for my sake; will detest the higher and unworldly standard which you will set up. But here is some consolation. Know (γινώσκετε imperative, as μνημονεύετε in Ver. 20) that it has hated me before (it hated) you. "Me first, me most" (Lange). "The superlative contains the comparative" (Tholuck). "This hatred is a community of destiny with me" (Meyer). You know how it has hated me, and hunted me from Bethlehem to Egypt, from Nazareth to Capernaum, from Gergesa to Jerusalem. Be not surprised if it hate you.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek IfΕἰ (Ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world κόσμος (kosmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). hates μισεῖ (misei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. you, ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. understand γινώσκετε (ginōskete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. it hated μεμίσηκεν (memisēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. Me ἐμὲ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [first]. πρῶτον (prōton) Adverb - Superlative Strong's 4412: First, in the first place, before, formerly. Neuter of protos as adverb; firstly. 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