John 7:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The world cannot [be expected to] hate you, but it does hate Me because I denounce it for its wicked works and reveal that its doings are evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

Common English Bible

⁷ The world can’t hate you. It hates me, though, because I testify that its works are evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 7:7 Cross References

Luke 6:26

It is too bad for you people when everyone speaks well about you, because the forefathers said the same thing about the false prophets.

John 17:14

I have given them your word, and the world hated them because they do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

John 3:19

Now this is [how God’s] judgment [works]: The Light [See 1:5-9] has come into the world, but people loved darkness [i.e., sin] rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.

Romans 8:7

This is because the one whose mind is [controlled] by the flesh is an enemy of God; for he is not obedient to God’s law, and in fact, cannot obey it.

Galatians 4:16

So then, have I [now] become your enemy because I have told you the truth [about your condition]?

James 4:4

You people who have become unfaithful to God, do you not know that being [intimate] friends with the world [of sin] means hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever determines to be an [intimate] friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

1 John 4:5

These [false teachers] are part of the world, so [naturally] they speak [a message endorsed] by the world and the world listens to them.