John 1:12
12However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,Isa 56:5; Rom 8:15; Gal 3:26; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 3:1John 15:18-19
18The World's Hatred“If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.1John 3:1, 13 19If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, ▼▼Lit. out of the world
the world hates you.John 17:14; 1John 4:5 John 16:3
3They will do this because they have not known the Father or me.John 15:21; Rom 10:2; 1Cor 2:8; 1Tim 1:13John 17:25
25“Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.John 7:29; 8:55; 15:21
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