John 15 · Verse 23

John 15:23

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John 15:23, King James Version

John 15:23 in other translations

BSBWhoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
WEBHe who hates me, hates my Father also.
ASVHe that hateth me hateth my Father also.
YLT‘He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;
DARBYHe that hates me hates also my Father.
BBEHe who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
WebsterHe that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

What does John 15:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:22-25

22-25. (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."

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 23. He that hateth me, &c. 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 Jn 5:19,20 Jn 14:7,9.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 15:18-25

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…

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John 15:23 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁhoThe [one]G3588
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473
μισῶνmisōnhatingG3404
καὶkaialsoG2532
τὸνtontheG3588
πατέραpateraFatherG3962
μουmouof MineG3165
μισεῖ.miseihates.G3404

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 15:23

  • John 8:40-42

    But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

  • 1 John 2:23

    Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

  • 2 John 1:9

    Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:40-42; 1Jo 2:23; 2Jo 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 15:22

    If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

  • John 15:23

    He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

  • John 15:24

    If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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John 15:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El que me aborrece, también á mi Padre aborrece.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Celui qui me hait, hait aussi mon Père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wer mich haßt, haßt auch meinen Vater.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui me odit, et Patrem meum odit.