John 15:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 109:3 : 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
  • Ps 35:19 : 19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
  • John 10:34 : 34 In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?
  • 2 Cor 11:7 : 7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
  • Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said to me, It is done. I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life to him who is in need.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
  • John 19:36 : 36 These things came about so that the Writings might be true, No bone of his body will be broken.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Rom 3:24 : 24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
  • Matt 10:8 : 8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

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

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

    19 If 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.

    20 Keep 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.

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

    22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 75%

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

    14 I 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 16:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

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

    2 They 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.

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

  • 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

  • 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

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

  • 37 I 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.

  • 16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • Ps 139:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Matt 5:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • 5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

  • 70%

    11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

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

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

  • John 5:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

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

    39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

  • 3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

  • 37 For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

  • 7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • 69%

    54 But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

    55 In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

  • 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.

  • 19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • 27 But 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,

  • 23 I 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.

  • 19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

  • 4 Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

  • 36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

  • 19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

  • 27 And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

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

  • 49 I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

  • 27 For 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.

  • 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.

  • 25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

  • 12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;