King James Version (KJV)
John 15:18
“‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›”
Verse in context — John 15
‹Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and› [that] ‹your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.›
‹These things I command you, that ye love one another.›
‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›
‹If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.›
‹Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.›
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