John 15:18

If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Showing how difficult the practice of humility is made, by the general spirit and temper of the world. How Christianity requireth us to live contrary to the world cites John xv. 18

    …this as a reason for their bearing it, "you know that it hated me, before it hated you"; [John xv. 18] signifying, that it was He, that is, His Spirit, that, by reason of its contrariety to…

  2. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The World cites John xv. 18

    …(John xiv. 17.) "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you." (John xv. 18.) "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the…

  3. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What If My Faith Makes Me Unpopular? cites John 15:18–19

    …that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own” (John 15:18–19). Paul was blunter: “all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be…

  4. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites John xv. 18 – 21

    …22, 34 – 36. and xxiv. 9. Mark xiii. 9. Luke x. 3. xii. 11, 49 – 53. and xxi. 12, 16, 17. John xv. 18 – 21. and xvi. 1 – 4, 20 – 22, 23.) He foretold the martyrdom of particular persons; (Matt.…

  5. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 3 cites John 15:18

    …is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” (John 15:18.) By all these Scriptures it manifestly appears who they are that are persecuted; namely…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Friendship with the World cites John 15:18

    …And all these things will they do unto you, because they know not him that sent me.” (John 15:18.) You see here “the world” is placed on one side, and those who “are not of the world” on…

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