9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
• 2Tim 3:12 — Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
• Eccl 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher
• Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
• Isa 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they s
• Jas 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
• John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• John 17:14 — I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• Luke 21:17 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
• Mark 13:13 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• Matt 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• Matt 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• Matt 24:9 — Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
• Prov 29:27 — An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
• Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
• Rom 12:2 — And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.