The World Hates the Disciples

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 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)

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