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As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. <a href="/nlt/john/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. <a href="/esv/john/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <a href="/bsb/john/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. <a href="/blb/john/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world, on account of this, the world hates you. <a href="/kjv/john/15.htm">King James Bible</a> If 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/15.htm">New King James Version</a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <a href="/nasb_/john/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. <a href="/nasb/john/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. <a href="/nasb77/john/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <a href="/lsb/john/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. <a href="/amp/john/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own and would treat you with affection. But you are not of the world [you no longer belong to it], but I have chosen you out of the world. And because of this the world hates you. <a href="/csb/john/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. <a href="/hcsb/john/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. <a href="/asv/john/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. <a href="/cev/john/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If you belonged to the world, its people would love you. But you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world behind, and this is why its people hate you. <a href="/erv/john/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. <a href="/gwt/john/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> If you had anything in common with the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But you don't have anything in common with the world. I chose you from the world, and that's why the world hates you. <a href="/gnt/john/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you. <a href="/isv/john/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. <a href="/net/john/15.htm">NET Bible</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. <a href="/nheb/john/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <a href="/wbt/john/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. <a href="/wey/john/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/john/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. <a href="/web/john/15.htm">World English Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> if you were of the world, the world would have been cherishing its own, but because you are not of the world, but I chose [you] out of the world—because of this the world hates you. <a href="/blb/john/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world, on account of this, the world hates you. <a href="/ylt/john/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you. <a href="/slt/john/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If ye were of the world, the world had loved its own: and because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. <a href="/cpdv/john/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you. <a href="/nabre/john/15.htm">New American Bible</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. <a href="/nrsvce/john/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world—therefore the world hates you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; this is why the world hates you. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And if you had been from the world, the world would have loved its own; but you are not from the world, but I have chosen you from the world; because of this the world hates you.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. <a href="/godbey/john/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you. <a href="/mace/john/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> if you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world does hate you. <a href="/wey/john/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you. <a href="/worrell/john/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/15-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=5565" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/15.htm">The Hatred of the World</a> 18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19<a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">If</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēte (V-IIA-2P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">you were</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmos (N-NMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">it</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/5368.htm" title="5368: ephilei (V-IIA-3S) -- From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.">would love you</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">as its</a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idion (Adj-ANS) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">own.</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Instead,</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmos (N-NMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world</a> <a href="/greek/3404.htm" title="3404: misei (V-PIA-3S) -- To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.">hates</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: este (V-PIA-2P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">you are</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/1586.htm" title="1586: exelexamēn (V-AIM-1S) -- To pick out for myself, choose, elect, select. Middle voice from ek and lego; to select.">have chosen</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">out of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">world.</a> 20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14</a> I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. <a href="/1_john/4-5.htm">1 John 4:5</a> They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a> 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. <a href="/1_john/3-13.htm">1 John 3:13</a> So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. <a href="/john/7-7.htm">John 7:7</a> The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil. <a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a> I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” <a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a> Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a> Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. <a href="/matthew/10-22.htm">Matthew 10:22</a> You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. <a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a> Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, <a href="/galatians/1-10.htm">Galatians 1:10</a> Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a> But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, <a href="/1_peter/4-4.htm">1 Peter 4:4</a> Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1-2</a> Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. <a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a> in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.were of the world.<a href="/luke/6-32.htm">Luke 6:32</a> For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.<a href="/1_john/4-4.htm">1 John 4:4,5</a> Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world… because.<a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a> Ye 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.<a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14-16</a> I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world… <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-11</a> According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/13-11.htm">Account</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/luke/23-7.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/john/15-16.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/john/15-16.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/john/15-18.htm">Hates</a> <a href="/john/15-18.htm">Hateth</a> <a href="/john/15-17.htm">Love</a> <a href="/luke/20-47.htm">Property</a> <a href="/john/15-3.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/john/15-18.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/15-21.htm">Account</a> <a href="/john/17-14.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/acts/4-37.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/john/21-18.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/acts/1-2.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/john/15-23.htm">Hates</a> <a href="/john/15-23.htm">Hateth</a> <a href="/john/16-27.htm">Love</a> <a href="/acts/2-45.htm">Property</a> <a href="/john/15-22.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/john/16-8.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">John 15</div>1. <a href="/john/15-1.htm">The union of Jesus and his members shown under the parable of a vine.</a> 18. <a href="/john/15-18.htm">The hatred of the world.</a> 26. <a href="/john/15-26.htm">The office of the Holy Spirit.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. This phrase highlights the distinction between the values of the world and those of Jesus' followers. In biblical context, "the world" often refers to the system of values and beliefs that are opposed to God. The world’s love is conditional, based on conformity to its standards. This echoes <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a>, which warns that friendship with the world is enmity with God. Historically, early Christians faced persecution because they did not conform to societal norms, which often included pagan practices. The world’s acceptance is fleeting and based on alignment with its principles.Instead, the world hates you, The use of "hate" here is strong, indicating a deep-seated opposition. This reflects the reality faced by Jesus and His disciples, as seen in <a href="/john/7-7.htm">John 7:7</a>, where Jesus states that the world hates Him because He testifies that its works are evil. The cultural context of the time was one of religious and political tension, where the message of Jesus challenged both Jewish and Roman authorities. This hatred is not just personal but spiritual, as believers are seen as a threat to the world’s system.because you are not of the world, This phrase emphasizes the believer's new identity in Christ. Being "not of the world" signifies a transformation that occurs through faith, as seen in <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>, which calls believers to be transformed by the renewing of their minds. This transformation sets Christians apart, making them citizens of heaven (<a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a>). Theologically, this separation is a result of being born again, a concept Jesus explains to Nicodemus in <a href="/john/3.htm">John 3</a>.but I have chosen you out of the world. The concept of being chosen is central to understanding the believer's relationship with Christ. This echoes the doctrine of election, where God selects individuals for a specific purpose, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a>. Jesus’ choice of His disciples is a reflection of God’s sovereign will, not based on human merit. This calling out of the world is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, where God promises to gather His people (<a href="/isaiah/43.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a>). It also typifies the Exodus, where God chose Israel out of Egypt, symbolizing deliverance and a new identity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, Jesus is addressing His disciples, providing them with insight into their relationship with the world and their identity in Him. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who follow Christ and are called out of the world. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_world.htm">The World</a> In this context, "the world" refers to the system of values, beliefs, and practices that are opposed to God and His kingdom. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_choosing.htm">The Choosing</a> This event refers to Jesus' act of selecting His followers, setting them apart from the world for a divine purpose.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> As believers, our identity is rooted in Christ, not in the world. We are chosen and set apart, which should influence how we live and interact with the world. <a href="/topical/e/expect_opposition.htm">Expect Opposition</a> Jesus warns that the world will hate us because we are not of it. Understanding this helps us prepare for and endure opposition with grace and perseverance. <a href="/topical/p/purposeful_living.htm">Purposeful Living</a> Being chosen out of the world means we have a purpose that transcends worldly pursuits. Our lives should reflect the values and mission of God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/l/love_and_witness.htm">Love and Witness</a> Despite the world's hatred, we are called to love others and bear witness to the truth of the Gospel, following Jesus' example.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 15</a> <a href="/q/how_should_christians_endure_suffering.htm">How should Christians live amidst suffering and persecution?</a> <a href="/q/what's_in_jars_of_clay.htm">What are the treasures in jars of clay?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_eros_love.htm">What is Eros love?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_jehovah's_witnesses.htm">What are Jehovah's Witnesses and their core beliefs?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) If ye were of the world, the world would love his own.--The force of the expression indicates the utter selfishness of the world's love. It would love not them, but that in them which was its own. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/7-7.htm" title="The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.">John 7:7</a>.)I have chosen you out of the world.--Comp. <a href="/john/15-16.htm" title="You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.">John 15:16</a>, and Note on <a href="/john/7-7.htm" title="The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.">John 7:7</a>. There He had told them that the world could not hate them. The very fact of its hatred would prove a moral change in them, by which they had ceased to belong to the world, and had become the children of God. Both thoughts are repeated in <a href="/1_john/3-13.htm" title="Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hate you.">1John 3:13</a>; <a href="/1_john/4-5.htm" title="They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.">1John 4:5</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - If ye were of the world - i.e. still a part of it, deriving your life, maxims, and pleasures from it; if you could sympathize with its vulgar passion, and its temporary fleeting excitements, partisanships, and bigotries - the world would be loving (ἐφιλεὶ, notice the form of the conditional sentence, a supposition contrary to fact, therefore anticipating the negative clause that follows, "but ye are not of the world;" notice also that φίλεω, the love of affection, not ἀγαπάω, the love of reverence and profound regard, which you are to show to one another and to me) - would be loving its own. The world loves its priests and mouthpieces, its own organization ("Caiaphas, Pilate, Herod, and Judas, and all devils," Luther); the world loves its own offspring. But because ye are not of the world, but I chose you, withdrawing you for my service, out of the world (the two meanings of ἐκ here differ; the first ἐκ denotes origin, the second corresponds with the compound ἐκ in ἐκλέγομαι), therefore the world hateth you. I have caused you to break with it, and you are no longer "its own." Just in proportion as you are one with me, you draw upon yourself its hatred of me. "The offence of the cross" is not ceased. Thoma comments on the harmony between this statement and that of the Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypse, whose colors and features are here, as he thinks, drawn upon. It is profoundly interesting to trace the fulfillment of the Lord's prescient words in earlier Scripture (<a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a>; <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>; <a href="/galatians/6-17.htm">Galatians 6:17</a>; <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Hebrews 12:3</a>). <a href="/commentaries/john/15-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>If εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you were ἦτε (ēte) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world, κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). [it] κόσμος (kosmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). would love [you] ἐφίλει (ephilei) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5368.htm">Strong's 5368: </a> From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. [as] its τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. own. ἴδιον (idion) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate. Instead, δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world κόσμος (kosmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). hates μισεῖ (misei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3404.htm">Strong's 3404: </a> To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. you, ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. you are ἐστέ (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world, κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). but ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. have chosen ἐξελεξάμην (exelexamēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1586.htm">Strong's 1586: </a> To pick out for myself, choose, elect, select. Middle voice from ek and lego; to select. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. out of ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world. κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/15-19.htm">NT Gospels: John 15:19 If you were of the world (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/15-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 15:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 15:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/15-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 15:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 15:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>