¹³ Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,^[a] if the world hates you.^(A)

The World Hates the Disciples

¹⁸ “If the world hates you,^(A) keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you^(B) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.^(C)

⁴ You adulterous^(A) people,^[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world^(B) means enmity against God?^(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.^(D)

¹² In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,^(A)

¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me.^(A)

¹³ Everyone will hate you because of me,^(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(B)

⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(A) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(A) In this world you will have trouble.^(B) But take heart! I have overcome^(C) the world.”