The World’s Hatred

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

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first.

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13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if (A)the world hates you.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

(A)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me (B)because I testify of it that its works are evil.

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

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13 (A)And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But (B)he who [a]endures to the end shall be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:13 bears patiently

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

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22 (A)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (B)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.

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22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

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23 (A)He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them (B)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (C)seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, (D)‘They hated Me without a cause.’

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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(A) they would not be guilty of sin.(B) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(C) ‘They hated me without reason.’[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

20 For (A)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(A)

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22 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. (B)But he who endures to the end will be saved.

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22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of (B)evil against you falsely for My sake.

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11 “Blessed are you when people insult you,(A) persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(B)

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(A)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(A) just as he is pure.(B)

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The Command to Love

Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you

See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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[a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and

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)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.

looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before Him (B)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (C)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:2 originator
  2. Hebrews 12:2 perfecter

fixing our eyes on Jesus,(A) the pioneer(B) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(C) scorning its shame,(D) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(E)

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