John 15:23

23 He 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 inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me.

22 "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.

23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.

25 But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, `They have hated me without any reason.'