He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
— John 15:23-25
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
— Matthew 10:22
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
— 1 John 4:4-5
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
— John 17:9-16
That is Why the World Hates You, by Arthur W. Pink.
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
— John 15:18-19
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
— 1 John 3:13
The world will not hate mere professors. The man who is conformed to this world, who takes part in its politics, who shares its pleasures, who acts according to its principles, even though he claims the name of Christ, will not be ostracized or persecuted. The woman who is conformed to this world, who follows its fashions, who enjoys its society, who desires its amusements, will not be shunned by it.
The world loves its own, but those who walk in separation from the world, and they are few in number, those who follow a rejected Christ will know something of what it means to enter into the fellowship of his sufferings.
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
— 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
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