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John 15

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john.15.own15

τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει

TRANSLATIONhigh confidence

How would the world treat what belongs to it?

The conditional explains the world’s hostility through belonging: it recognizes and favors what comes from itself, whereas Jesus has chosen the disciples out of it.

Why this default

‘The world would love its own’ is default because it preserves both phileō and the compact possessive expression to idion, maintaining the verse’s direct love–hate contrast. ‘Like’ weakens that contrast, while ‘cherish what belongs to it’ explains the possessive at greater length.

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Project defaultthe world would love its own

Project default · direct verb

Alternativethe world would like its own

Affinity foregrounded

Alternativethe world would cherish what belongs to it

Possession made explicit

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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