Bible verse about the world hating you

I’d ask you to turn to John 15. Our text for the morning will bring us through John 15 and into chapter 16, verse 4. We’re in the series called friends of Jesus in the earth. Please follow along as I read John 15, verse 18, through chapter 16, verse 4. Jesus, speaking to his disciples:

If the world hates you, comprehend that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the society, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Think of the word that I said to you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not include been guilty of sin, but now they have no allow for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they own seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their

John 15:18-21 NRSVue

Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
This talk about hatred is distasteful stuff, Lord, politically incorrect. But I have to admit that it rings true. It happens that good Christians are slandered and hated, for whatever reason. Then I need to remember how you were hated and kept your peace, and did not let your heart flame up in resentment.

Reflection
Jesus wants our faith and our presence with him. The coming of the Trinity among us arises from the desire of God to invite us into belonging with them, and to know the mystery of God from the inside. We can say ‘yes' or ‘no' to that invitation. Our time of prayer is one way of saying ‘yes', and of opening ourselves to the divine energy in the world and inside each of us.

Reflection
Not everyone accepts Jesus, which was his experience from the start. Opposition to him took him to death, and love took him from death to resurrection. Persecution and similar opposition is the experience of many of his followers. Goodness sometimes offends people; evil can seem for a while to be stronger than love, but the message of Jesus is that love conquers all.

Reflection
I bring

Bible Verses About Hate

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.

10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.

11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They undertake not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

12 I am writing to you, beloved children, because your sins possess been forgiven on account of his name.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, juvenile men, because you have overcome the evil one.

14 I write to you, beloved children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the commencing. I write to you, childish men, because you are robust, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15 Do not adore the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the w

 Audio  Cross  Study  Comm  Greek 

Verse  (Click for Chapter)

New International Version
“If the world hates you, maintain in mind that it hated me first.

New Living Translation
“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.

English Accepted Version
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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

Berean Literal Bible
If the world hates you, you realize that it has hated Me before you.

King James Bible
If the world hate you, ye realize that it hated me before it hatedyou.

New King James Version
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hatedyou.

New American Typical Bible
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hatedyou.

NASB 1995
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

NASB 1977
“If the nature hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hatedyou.

Legacy Standard Bible
“If the world hates you, grasp that it has hated Me before it hatedyou.

Amplified Bible
“If

 Audio  Cross  Study  Comm  Greek 

Verse  (Click for Chapter)

New International Version
If you belonged to the society, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I hold chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

New Living Translation
The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.

English Standard Version
If you were of the world, the earth would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the society hates you.

Berean Standard Bible
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

Berean Literal Bible
If you were of the world, the world would love youasits own; but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world, on account of this, the world hates you.

King James Bible
If ye were of the world, the world would devote his own: but because ye are not of the society, but