John 15:16-18

New King James Version

^16 (A)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and ^(B)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father ^(C)in My name He may give you. ¹⁷ These things I command you, that you love one another.

The World’s Hatred

^18 (D)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.