Passage
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
John 15:23 (GNV)
Nearby Context
John 15:21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
John 15:23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
John 15:24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
John 15:25 But it is that the worde might be fulfilled, that is written in their Lawe, They hated me without a cause.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "hateth" and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hateth" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 22's "If I had not come and spoken..." into verse 24's "If I had not done workes among...", so "hateth" and "father" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hateth" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.