John 15:19 (WEB)
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.
Catechism · 1
“The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 21:12; Jn 15:19-20.
Fathers and councils · 30
Jerome
“But we are not of this world, which lieth in wickedness, the fashion of which passeth away, and concerning which the Lord said to the Apostles, “If ye were of the world, the world would love its own.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“Just as on the stage the same actor now figures as a brawny Hercules, now softens into a tender Venus, now shivers in the role of Cybele; so we—who, if we were not of the world, would be hated by the world—for every sin that we commit have a corresponding mask.” — editor's note: Joh. xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“And let us hear the Lord when He says to His apostles, “If ye were of the world the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world…therefore the world hateth you.”” — editor's note: Joh. xv. 19.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.7Conference III
“…to the Apostles themselves: “If ye were of this world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of this world, therefore the world hateth you.”” — editor's note: S. John xv. 19.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.”” — editor's note: John xv. 18–20.
Read the whole comment“If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also.”” — editor's note: John xv. 18–20.
Read the whole comment“If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.”” — editor's note: John xv. 18–20.
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John Chrysostom
“For He even saith, that His disciples were “not of the world” ( c. xv. 19 ), yet they had flesh.” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“Wherefore Christ also saith, “If ye were of the world, the world would love its own.” ( c. xv. 19.)” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“And because of this they will persecute you, that ye are not of the world, even as I was not of it.” — editor's note: John xv. 20, 19; xvii. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
““I have chosen you out of the world.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“…to be acting contrary to the public laws, how are we to understand the words of the Lord, “If ye were of the world, the world would love its own”? (ver. 19.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And that no one may take it to his head to say that this applied properly to the Jews, and not to the world, did He not say in another place, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own”?” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 22, 19.
Read the whole comment“Finally, He who says in this place, “Thine they were, and Thou gavest them me,” had already said in a previous passage to the same disciples, “I have chosen you out of the world.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“This was conferred on them by regeneration; for by generation they were of the world, as He had already said to them, “I have chosen you out of the world.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“But still it is not from hence; for it only sojourns as a stranger in the world: because He says to His kingdom, “Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.”” — editor's note: Chap. xv. 19.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord had said, I have ordained that ye should walk, and bring forth fruit. Love is this fruit. Wherefore He proceeds: These things I command you, that ye love one another. (Gal. 5:22) Hence the Apostle saith: The…
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Or thus: I have said that I lay down My life for you, and that I first chose you. I have said this not by way of reproach, but to induce you to love one another. Then as they were about to suffer persecution and…
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For why should the members exalt themselves above the head? Thou refusest to be in the body, if thou art not willing, with the head, to endure the hatred of the world. For love’s sake let us be patient: the world…
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As if Christ’s suffering were not consolation enough, He consoles them still further by telling them, the hatred of the world would be an evidence of their goodness; so that they ought rather to grieve if they were…
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He saith this to the whole Church, which is often called the world; as, God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself. (2 Cor. 5:19) The whole world then is the Church, and the whole world hateth the Church.…
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For the dispraise of the perverse, is our praise. There is nothing wrong in not pleasing those, who do not please God. For no one can by one and the same act please God, and the enemies of God. He proves himself no…
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Our Lord, in exhorting His servants to bear patiently the hatred of the world, proposes to them an example than which there can be no better and higher one, viz. Himself: Remember the word that I said unto you, The…
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They observed1 it in order to calumniate it, as we read in the Psalms, The ungodly seeth2 the righteous.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Or thus: If, Me says, they have persecuted your Lord, much more will they persecute you; if they had persecuted Him, but kept His commandments, they would keep yours also.
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As if He said, Ye must not be disturbed at having to share My sufferings; for ye are not better than I.
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The servant is not greater than his Lord. Here the servant is the one who has the purified fear, which abideth for ever.
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Then follows another consolation, viz. that the Father is despised and injured with them: But all these things will they do unto you for My name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.
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All these things, viz. what He had mentioned, that the world would hate them, persecute them, despise their word. For My Name’s sake, i. e. in you they will hate Me, in you persecute Me, your word they will not keep,…
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 108.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 15:17–21 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.
Cited together in Letters Letter 43.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.30.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 88.