And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
- KJV And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
- NKJV And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.
- NASB and you will be hated by all people because of My name.
- NLT And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.
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Quick answer
Christ's followers will be hated by all for the sake of His name.
Overview
Jesus prepares His disciples for widespread hostility because of their allegiance to Him. The world that rejected the Master will also reject His servants. This hatred is not a sign of God's disfavor but of genuine identification with Christ.
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Cross-references · 16
- John 15:19If 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.
- Luke 6:22Blessed 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.
- John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
- 2 Cor 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Matt 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- 2 Cor 4:11For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
- Rev 2:3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
- Mark 13:13You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Phil 1:29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
- Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- John 17:14I 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.
- Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Matt 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- 2 Cor 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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