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John 15

John 15:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
the world
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kosmos (Greek #2889)
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
KJV usage: adorning, world.
Pronounce: kos'-mos
Origin: probably from the base of 2865
t hate
miseo (Greek #3404)
to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less
KJV usage: hate(-ful).
Pronounce: mis-eh'-o
Origin: from a primary μῖσος (hatred)
you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
, ye know
ginosko (Greek #1097)
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
KJV usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Pronounce: ghin-oce'-ko
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
it hated
miseo (Greek #3404)
to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less
KJV usage: hate(-ful).
Pronounce: mis-eh'-o
Origin: from a primary μῖσος (hatred)
me
eme (Greek #1691)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my(-self).
Pronounce: em-eh'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3165
before
proton (Greek #4412)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
KJV usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Pronounce: pro'-ton
Origin: neuter of 4413 as adverb (with or without 3588)
it hated you
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
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ginosko (Greek #1097)
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
KJV usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Pronounce: ghin-oce'-ko
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
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1 John 3:13• 13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you. (1 John 3:13)

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Ministry on This Verse

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John 15:23‑25• 23He that hates me hates also my Father.
 24If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
 25But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:23‑25)
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John 3:20• 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; (John 3:20)
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John 7:7• 7The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil. (John 7:7)
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1 Kings 22:8• 8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. (1 Kings 22:8)
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Isa. 49:7• 7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. (Isa. 49:7)
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Isa. 53:3• 3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa. 53:3)
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Zech. 11:8• 8And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me. (Zech. 11:8)
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Matt. 5:11• 11Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake. (Matt. 5:11)
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Matt. 10:22• 22and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved. (Matt. 10:22)
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Matt. 24:9• 9Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. (Matt. 24:9)
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Mark 13:13• 13And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)
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Luke 6:22• 22Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake: (Luke 6:22)
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Heb. 12:2• 2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb. 12:2)
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James 4:4• 4Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. (James 4:4)
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1 John 3:1,3,13• 1See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
 3And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure.
 13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you. (1 John 3:1,3,13)
• That the world should hate them was but the natural consequence of its hatred to Christ; it sealed their association with Him. (“John 15” by J.N. Darby)
• To be Christ’s is enough to rouse the world’s rancor. Circumstances may be needed to call it forth, but there it is. The world hates those who, being His, are no longer of the world. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If the world hate you, knowe that it has hated me before you.

JND Translation Notes

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e
Or "ye know"; objective knowledge.

W. Kelly Translation

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If the world hateth you, knowa that me it hath hated before you.

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, "ye know."