John 15:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶ You did not choose me, but ^(A)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(B)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(C)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷ These things I command you, ^(D)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

^18 (E)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.