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John 15:18

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If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
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  1. 1 John 3:13Rank 1 from verse 18
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    13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

  2. John 7:7Rank 2 from verse 18
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  3. Luke 6:22Rank 3 from verse 18
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    22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

  4. John 3:20Rank 4 from verse 18
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    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  5. Mark 13:13Rank 5 from verse 18
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    13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

  6. Matthew 10:22Rank 6 from verse 18
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    22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  7. 1 John 3:1Rank 7 from verse 18
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    1BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  8. Matthew 5:11Rank 8 from verse 18
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    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  9. James 4:4Rank 9 from verse 18
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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  10. Hebrews 12:2Rank 10 from verse 18
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  11. John 15:23–25Rank 11 from verse 18
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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

    25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  12. 1 Kings 22:8Rank 12 from verse 18
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    8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  13. Isaiah 53:3Rank 13 from verse 18
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    3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  14. Matthew 24:9Rank 14 from verse 18
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    9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

  15. 1 John 3:3Rank 15 from verse 18
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    3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

  16. Isaiah 49:7Rank 16 from verse 18
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    7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  17. Zechariah 11:8Rank 17 from verse 18
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    8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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John 15:18

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hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15:11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15:15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

15:16Ye 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.

15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.

15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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15:19If 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.

15:20Remember 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.

15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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