John 15:23

John 15:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
• New International Version (NIV)Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who hates Me hates My Father also.

Context of John 15:23

21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don’t know the one who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin. The one who hates me also hates my Father. 24If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled: They hated me for no reason.

John 15:23 word by word

ὁ ἐμὲ μισῶν καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου μισεῖ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Heὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that hatethμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for John 15:23

• John 8:40But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
• 1 John 2:23No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
• 2 John 1:9Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.

Commentaries on John 15:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23He that hateth me … - To show them that this was no slight crime, he reminds them that a rejection of himself is also a rejection of God. Such is the union between them, that no one can hate the one without also hating the other. See John 5:19-20; John 14:7, John 14:9.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 How little do many persons think, that in opposing the doctrine of Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, they prove themselves ignorant of the one living and true God, whom they profess to worship! The name into which Christ's disciples were baptized, is that which they will live and die by. It is a comfort to the greatest sufferers, if they suffer for Christ's name's sake. The world's ignorance is the true cause of its hatred to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24Now, however, they have no excuse: The ministry of Jesus provided both words and works as evidence that pointed to God (15:22; 15:24). Once people have heard and seen him, they are accountable.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2522-25. (See on Joh 9:39-41). If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin--comparatively none; all other sins being light compared with the rejection of the Son of God. now they have no cloak for their sin--rather, "pretext."Read the comment

Topics related to John 15:23

• God
• Godlessness
• Hatred
• Jesus Continued
• Responsibility

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• God
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings