John 15:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε, ὁ κόσμος ἂν τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει: ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ, ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος.

Transliteration

Ei ek tou kosmou ēte, ho kosmos an to idion ephilei: hoti de ek tou kosmou ouk este, all' egō exelexamēn humas ek tou kosmou, dia touto misei humas ho kosmos.

Grammar Details

• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *ek tou kosmou*: preposition + genitive - from/out of the world
• *ēte*: imperfect indicative, active, second person plural - you were
• *ho kosmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the world
• *an*: modal particle - would
• *to idion*: accusative, neuter, singular - its own
• *ephilei*: imperfect indicative, active, third person singular - it would love
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *de*: conjunction - but
• *ouk este*: negative + present indicative, active, second person plural - you are not
• *all'*: conjunction - but
• *egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
• *exelexamēn*: aorist indicative, middle, first person singular - I chose
• *humas*: accusative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *dia touto*: preposition + accusative - because of this
• *misei*: present indicative, active, third person singular - hates

Word Meanings

• *kosmou*: world/universe/humankind/worldly system
• *ēte*: were/belonged to
• *idion*: own/belonging to itself
• *ephilei*: would love/would cherish/would be fond of
• *exelexamēn*: chose/selected/picked
• *misei*: hates/detests/rejects

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If ye were of the world, the world would love {G302} its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore {G5124} the world hateth you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf ye were of the worlde ye worlde wolde love his awne. How be it because ye are not of ye worlde but I have chosen you out of the worlde therfore hateth you the worlde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf ye were of the worlde, the worlde wolde loue his awne. Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you from the worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If ye were of the worlde, the world woulde loue his owne: but because ye are not of ye world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Referenced Verses

• John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
• 1 John 4:4-5 : 4 You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
• John 17:14-16 : 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. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
• Eph 1:4-9 : 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence in love. 5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, 8 which He lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding. 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, 10 for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth—in Him. 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
• Eph 2:2-5 : 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
• Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once, you were not a people, but now you are God's people. Once, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
• 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
• 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Luke 6:32 : 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
• Rev 20:7-9 : 7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison. 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand on the seashore. 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
• Rev 12:17 : 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.