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John 15:18

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

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ASV

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

KJV

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εἰeiIfG1487 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
κόσμοςkosmosworldG2889 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
μισεῖ,miseihates,G3404 →
γινώσκετεginōsketeyou knowG1097 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473 →
πρῶτονprōtonbeforeG4413 →
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771 →
μεμίσηκεν.memisēkenit has hated.G3404 →

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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.John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.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.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.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.John 15:23–25Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.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!” Jehoshaphat replied.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.Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’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 is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”Exodus 20:5You 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,

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