21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(A) for they do not know the one who sent me.(B)

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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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They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.(A)

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19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,”(A) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”(B)

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“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(A) and put to death,(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(C)

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18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(A) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing(A) because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.(B)

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You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(A) and have not grown weary.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C) Whoever says, “I know him,”(D) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(E)

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13 But rejoice(A) inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,(B) so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.(C) 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(D) you are blessed,(E) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C)

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And even if our gospel(A) is veiled,(B) it is veiled to those who are perishing.(C) The god(D) of this age(E) has blinded(F) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(G) who is the image of God.(H) For what we preach is not ourselves,(I) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(J) and ourselves as your servants(K) for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](L) made his light shine in our hearts(M) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(A)—I say this to your shame.(B)

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None of the rulers of this age(A) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(B)

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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said(A) through Isaiah the prophet:

26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(B)
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship(A)—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

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16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(A)

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17 “Now, fellow Israelites,(A) I know that you acted in ignorance,(B) as did your leaders.(C)

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54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself,(A) my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.(B)

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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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39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(A)

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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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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(A)
“Your own people who hate(B) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(C)

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For I endure scorn(A) for your sake,(B)
    and shame covers my face.(C)

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