Mat 10:16, Joh 15:19, 1Jo 5:19 | ESV | STEP | Behold , I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves , so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves .

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 15:19

19 ^dIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^eyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

1 John 5:19

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