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John 15:18
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
John 15:18 · American Standard Version
John 15:18 in other translations
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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In context
15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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