Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 15:18

"If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you." — John 15:18 (ASV)

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

That is what you have reason to expect, and you may feel honoured if they treat you as they have treated your Lord.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

It is no new thing for the ungodly to hate the godly, so let us not be surprised if that is our portion.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

So you need not be at all surprised if the world hates you.