aLuke 10:3; [John 17:18]
bGen. 3:1
cRom. 16:19 (Gk.); Phil. 2:15; [1 Cor. 14:20]
dch. 7:7; 1 John 3:13; [ver. 23, 24]
e[1 John 4:5]
fch. 17:14, 16; [Luke 6:26; Gal. 1:4; James 4:4]
gch. 13:16; Matt. 10:24; [ver. 15]
hch. 16:33; 1 Cor. 4:12; 2 Cor. 4:9; 1 Thess. 2:15; 2 Tim. 3:12
i[Ezek. 3:7]; See ch. 8:51
jch. 16:3
kMatt. 10:22; 24:9; Rev. 2:3; [Acts 5:41; 1 Pet. 4:14, 16]
lSee Acts 3:17
mSee ch. 14:27; Col. 3:15
n[ch. 15:18-21]
oRev. 1:9; See Acts 14:22
pch. 14:1, 27
q[Rom. 8:37; 1 John 4:4; 5:4, 5; Rev. 3:21; 12:11]
rver. 3
sSee ch. 15:19
tver. 16
uch. 8:23
vver. 9
w[1 Cor. 5:10]
xver. 11
ySee Matt. 13:19
aaver. 14
ab[1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:22]; See ch. 15:3
ad2 Sam. 7:28; Ps. 119:160
aech. 20:21; [ch. 4:38; Matt. 10:5]
afIsa. 54:5; Jer. 2:2
ahJohn 15:19; 1 John 2:15; [Matt. 6:24]
aiGen. 4:4, 8; Heb. 11:4; Jude 11
ajPs. 38:20; Prov. 29:10
ak[Luke 4:6; Gal. 1:4]

Matthew 10:16

Persecution Will Come

16 a“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be bwise as serpents and cinnocent as doves.

John 15:18-21

The Hatred of the World

18 d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 eIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because fyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you: g‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, hthey will also persecute you. iIf they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21But jall these things they will do to you kon account of my name, lbecause they do not know him who sent me.

John 16:33

33I have said these things to you, that min me you may have peace. nIn the world you will have otribulation. But ptake heart; qI have overcome the world.”

John 17:14-18

14 rI have given them your word, and sthe world has hated them tbecause they are not of the world, ujust as I am not of the world. 15I vdo not ask that you wtake them out of the world, but that you xkeep them from ythe evil one. ▼
▼Or  from evil
 16 aaThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 abSanctify them ▼
▼Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God)
 in the truth; adyour word is truth. 18 aeAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

James 4:4

4 afYou adulterous people! ▼
▼Greek  You adulteresses!
 Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ahTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 John 3:12

12We should not be like aiCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ajBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 5:19

19We know that we are from God, and akthe whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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