He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
`He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;
He that hates me hates also my Father.
John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices5
He makes a definite charge of atheism against those who choose, in the impiety of their minds and the estrangement of their hearts, to hate Him. And the charge is a true one. For those who dishonour the Son will not be guiltless of transgression against the Father, convinced of the justice of their hatred.
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 10, 444patristic
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
He that hateth me ... - To show them that this was no slight crime, he reminds them that a rejection of himself is also a rejection of God. Such is the union between them, that no one can hate the one without also hating the other. See Joh 5:19-20; Joh 14:7, Joh 14:9.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin--comparatively none; all other sins being light compared with the rejection of the Son of God. now they have no cloak for their sin--rather, "pretext."
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
He that hateth me - As every unbeliever doth, For as the love of God is inseparable from faith, so is the hatred of God from unbelief.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755evangelical
The verses this one reaches12
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
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.
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
18 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Deuteronomy1
Psalms3
Zechariah1
John4
Romans2
Cross-references are drawn from classic Bible study tools and open, shareable Bible data.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
2 John 1:9Anyone 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.
leads to
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Through
1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
leads to
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
I and the Father are one.”
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