¹³ And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.^[a] But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

²² And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.^[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

The World’s Hatred

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. ¹⁹ The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.

¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

²² What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.

⁹ So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

⁷ He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.

²¹ They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.

¹¹ “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. ¹² Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

¹² And blessed are those who wait and remain until the end of the 1,335 days!