# John 15.19

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">These things I command you, that ye may love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.</span>**
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> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.</span> (John 15:17-21, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.</span>**
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> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.</span> (John 15:17-21, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">These things I command you, that ye love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.</span>**
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> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.</span> (John 15:17-21, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">'These things I command you, that ye love one another;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not, but I chose out of the world, because of this the world hateth you.</span>**
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> 20. <span class="rl-speech">'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;</span> (John 15:17-21, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G2889 - kosmos](/codex/g2889-kosmos/), *kosmos*, Strong's G2889

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 15.1-27](/codex/john-15-1-27/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.