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

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first.

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13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

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13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

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22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

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13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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13 Everyone will hate you because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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You adulterous(A) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(B) means enmity against God?(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

24 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.

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(A) they would not be guilty of sin.(B) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(C) ‘They hated me without reason.’[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(A)

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22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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11 “Blessed are you when people insult you,(A) persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(B)

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And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

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Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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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.

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“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(A) and put to death,(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(C)

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