Study it in the app“If you were of the world, the world would hold dear its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.”
Ifεἰyou wereἦτεofἐκthe world,τοῦ κόσμουthe worldὁ κόσμοςwouldἂνhold dearἐφίλειits own;τὸ ἴδιονbutδὲbecauseὅτιyou are notοὐκ ἐστέofἐκthe world,τοῦ κόσμουbutἀλλ’Iἐγὼchoseἐξελεξάμηνyouὑμᾶςout ofἐκthe world,τοῦ κόσμουfor this reasonδιὰ τοῦτοthe worldὁ κόσμοςhatesμισεῖyou.ὑμᾶς
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēte” appearsworld against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmou” appearshold dear
To be fond of someone, or like something.
Where else “ephilei” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idion” appearschoose
Choose, select.
Where else “exelexamēn” appearshate
To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.
Where else “misei” appears18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
19 · This verse (above)
20Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
1. What it says
Jesus calls himself the true vine. What does he say happens to the branch that stays in him and to the one that does not? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I no longer call you servants, but friends” (v. 15). According to the text, what makes someone a friend? (vv. 12-17)
3. How I live it
“Remain in my love” (v. 9). What simple habit would help you stay close to Jesus this week?
