John 15:18–27

Persecutions Predicted

¹⁸“If the ^•world hates ^vyou, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹If 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 ^wyou out of it, the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ ^xIf they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, ^ythey will also keep yours. ²¹But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, ^zbecause they don’t know ^athe One who sent Me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. ^bcNow they have no excuse for their sin. ²³The one who hates Me also hates My Father. ^d24If I had not done the works ^eamong them that no one else has done, ^fthey would not have sin. ^gNow they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. ²⁵But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: ^hThey hated Me for no reason. ^ij

Coming Testimony and Rejection

²⁶“When the ^•Counselor ^kcomes, the One I will send to you from the Father ^l—the Spirit of truth ^mwho proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me. ²⁷You also will testify, ⁿbecause you have been with Me from the beginning.