John 15:23

23 qui me odit et Patrem meum odit

John 15:23 Meaning and Commentary

John 15:23

He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
] The hatred the world bears to the followers of Christ, is interpretatively hatred to Christ himself; and hatred to Christ himself, is no other than hatred to his Father; and indeed, all the hatred that is shown by the men of the world to Christ, to his Gospel, and to his faithful ministers and followers, originally arises from that enmity, that is naturally in the heart of every unregenerate man against God: now since not only Christ, but the Father also, is hated by the world, the children of God and disciples of Christ may sit easier under all the resentment, frowns, and malice of the world.

John 15:23 In-Context

21 sed haec omnia facient vobis propter nomen meum quia nesciunt eum qui misit me

22 si non venissem et locutus fuissem eis peccatum non haberent nunc autem excusationem non habent de peccato suo

23 qui me odit et Patrem meum odit

24 si opera non fecissem in eis quae nemo alius fecit peccatum non haberent nunc autem et viderunt et oderunt et me et Patrem meum

25 sed ut impleatur sermo qui in lege eorum scriptus est quia odio me habuerunt gratis