Joh 15:18-19, 17:14, 2Ti 3:12 | ISV | STEP | The World's Hatred“If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

John 15:18-19

18 The World's Hatred“If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.1John 3:1, 13 19 If 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 17:14

14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, for they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 8:16, 23; 15:18-19; 17:8; 1John 3:13

2 Timothy 3:12

12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted.Josh 17:14; Ps 34:19; Matt 16:24; Acts 14:22; 1Cor 15:19; 1Thes 3:3