1 John 3:13
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13 So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.
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- 3:13 Greek brothers.
John 15:18-19
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The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
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John 17:14
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14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
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Luke 21:17
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17 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[a]
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- 21:17 Greek on account of my name.
James 4:4
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4 You adulterers![a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
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- 4:4 Greek You adulteresses!
2 Timothy 3:12
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12 Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
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Mark 13:13
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13 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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- 13:13 Greek on account of my name.
Romans 8:7
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7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
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John 16:33
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33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
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John 7:7
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7 The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.
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Luke 6:22
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22 What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
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Matthew 24:9
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9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.[a]
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- 24:9 Greek on account of my name.
Matthew 10:22
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22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
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- 10:22 Greek on account of my name.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Futility of Wealth
8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
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Acts 3:12
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Peter Preaches in the Temple
12 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?
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John 16:2
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2 For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.
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John 3:7
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7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You[a] must be born again.’
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Revelation 17:7
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7 “Why are you so amazed?” the angel asked. “I will tell you the mystery of this woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns on which she sits.
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