Cross references

John 15:18

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

John 15:18 BSB

John 15:18 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 3:13 (35 votes) and John 7:7 (20 votes). 41 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 37 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does John 15:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 John 3:1335 votes

    So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

  2. John 7:720 votes

    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

  3. Luke 6:2217 votes

    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

  4. Mark 13:1315 votes

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  5. John 3:2015 votes

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  6. You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  7. Matthew 5:1111 votes

    Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

  8. 1 John 3:111 votes

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

  9. James 4:410 votes

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

  10. Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. …

  11. Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

  12. 1 John 3:34 votes

Which verses point to John 15:18?

The 10 strongest of 41.