Joh 15:18-19, 16:3, 17:25, Col 3:3 | ESV | STEP | If the world hates you , know that it has hated me before it hated you .

John 15:18-19

The Hatred of the World

18 ^a“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 ^bIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^cyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 16:3

3 And they will do these things ^dbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 17:25

25 ^eO righteous Father, even though ^fthe world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.

Colossians 3:3

3 For ^gyou have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.