γινώσκετε] Either ye know, or know ye, that it hath hated Me. As in John 14:1, the imperative seems preferable to the indicative: in John 15:27 and John 5:39 the context throws the balance the other way.

μεμίσηκεν expresses what has been and still is the case. Πρῶτον ὑμῶν is similar to πρῶτός μου (see on John 1:15); first of you, first in regard to you. To avoid the unusual construction some good authorities omit ὑμῶν. Comp. 1 John 3:13.

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