John 15:23

23 The one who hates me hates my Father also.

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 But they will do all these [things] to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

23 The one who hates me hates my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But [this happened] so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a reason.'