John 15:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
  • John 7:7 : 7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
  • Mark 13:13 : 13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • John 15:23-25 : 23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father. 25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
  • John 3:20 : 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • John 15:19-21
    3 verses
    90%

    19If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

    20Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

    21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

  • John 7:7
    82%

    7It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

  • John 17:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

    14I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 15:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

    24If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

    25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

  • 1 John 3:13
    79%

    13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

  • John 15:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

    17So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • Luke 21:17
    77%

    17And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

  • 1 John 2:15
    74%

    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • John 15:12
    74%

    12This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • John 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

    2They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

    3They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

  • Matt 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

    10And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

  • John 5:42
    73%

    42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

  • Luke 6:22
    73%

    22Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

  • John 13:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

    35By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

    44But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

  • Mark 13:13
    72%

    13And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

  • John 15:9
    72%

    9Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

  • John 17:16
    72%

    16They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

  • John 17:25
    71%

    25Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

  • Ps 139:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

    22My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

  • John 14:15
    71%

    15If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

  • John 16:27
    71%

    27For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

  • Luke 6:27
    71%

    27But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

  • Matt 10:22
    71%

    22And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

  • John 17:23
    71%

    23I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

  • John 12:25
    70%

    25He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

  • Luke 14:26
    70%

    26And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

  • 1 John 4:5
    70%

    5They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

  • John 17:18
    70%

    18Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

  • John 16:33
    70%

    33I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

  • 1 John 3:15
    70%

    15Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

  • John 8:37
    69%

    37I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

  • John 14:24
    69%

    24He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

  • John 8:23
    69%

    23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • Matt 5:11
    69%

    11Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

  • John 14:20
    69%

    20At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

  • John 5:38
    69%

    38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • John 15:14
    68%

    14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.