John 15:18-25

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸ _d "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹ _e If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because _f you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: _g 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, _h they will also persecute you. _i If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But _j all these things they will do to you _k on account of my name, _l because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, _m they would not have been guilty of sin, ₁ but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ _n Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ _o If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, _m they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have _p seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But _q the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: _r 'They hated me without a cause.'

1. Cross References
   John 7:7
   The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
   1 John 3:13
   Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
   John 15:23 - 24
   Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
   
2. Cross References
   1 John 4:5
   They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
   
3. Cross References
   John 17:14
   I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
   John 17:16
   They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
   Luke 6:26
   Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
   Galatians 1:4
   Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
   James 4:4
   You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
   
4. Cross References
   John 13:16
   Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
   Matthew 10:24
   A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
   John 15:15
   No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
   
5. Cross References
   John 16:33
   I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
   1 Corinthians 4:12
   And we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure.
   2 Corinthians 4:9
   Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
   1 Thessalonians 2:15
   Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
   2 Timothy 3:12
   Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
   
6. Cross References
   Ezekiel 3:7
   But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
   John 8:51
   Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
   
7. Cross References
   John 16:3
   And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 10:22
   And you will be hated by all for my name's sake...
   Matthew 24:9
   Then they will deliver you up to tribulation an...
   Revelation 2:3
   I know you are enduring patiently and bearing u...
   Acts 5:41
   Then they left the presence of the council, rej...
   1 Peter 4:14
   If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you...
   1 Peter 4:16
   Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him n...
   
9. Cross References
   Acts 3:17
   And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
   
10. Cross References
    Matthew 11:22
    But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
    Matthew 11:24
    But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.
    Luke 12:47 - 48
    And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
    John 9:41
    Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
    
11. Cross References
    John 5:23
    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.
    
12. Cross References
    John 3:2
    This man came to Jesus by night and said to him...
    John 7:31
    Yet many of the people believed in him. They sa...
    John 9:32
    Never since the world began has it been heard t...
    Matthew 9:33
    And when the demon had been cast out, the mute ...
    John 10:32
    Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many goo...
    John 10:37
    If I am not doing the works of my Father, then ...
    
13. Cross References
    John 15:22
    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
    
14. Cross References
    John 14:9
    Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
    
15. Cross References
    John 10:34
    Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?
    John 12:38
    So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
    
16. Cross References
    Psalms 35:19
    Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
    Psalms 69:4
    More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
    
17. Cross References
    Psalms 35:19
    Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
    Psalms 69:4
    More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?