John 15:18
King James Version (KJV)
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
World English Bible (WEB)
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:18 Cross References
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.