“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.”
King James Version (KJV)
15:16 Ye - My apostles, have not chosen me, but I have chosen you - As clearly appears from the sacred history: and appointed you, that ye may go and bear fruit - I have chosen and appointed you for this end, that ye may go and convert sinners: and that your fruit may remain - That the fruit of your labours may remain to the end of the world; yea, to eternity; that whatsoever ye shall ask - The consequence of your going and bearing fruit will be, that all your prayers will he heard.
15:19 Because ye are not of the world, therefore the world hateth you - Because your maxims, tempers, actions, are quite opposite to theirs. For the very same reason must the world in all ages hate those who are not of the world.
15:20 #John 13:16|; Mt 10:24; Lu 6:40.
Joh 15:18 If the world hate you. "The world" is the unregenerate portion of mankind. It hated and slew the Lord. It has never loved his disciples. Satan is its prince.