¹³ Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.^(A)

The World’s Hatred

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.^{(A) 19} If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

¹⁴ I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.^(A)

⁴ Adulterers!^[a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.^(A)

¹² Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.^(A)

¹⁷ You will be hated by all because of my name.^(A)

¹³ and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.^(A)

⁷ For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,^(A)

³³ I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”^(A)

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.^(A)