The Hatred of the World

18 “If the world ⁿhates you, know that it has ^ohated me before it hated you. 19 If you were ^pof the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are ^qnot of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ^r‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they ^spersecuted me, ^tthey will also persecute you. If they ^ukept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But ^vall these things they will do to you ^won account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 ^xIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,¹ but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 ^yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be ^zfulfilled: ^a‘They hated me without a cause.’

26 “But when the ^bHelper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the ^cSpirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will ^dbear witness about me. 27 And you also will ^ebear witness, ^fbecause you have been with me from the beginning.

1 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will ^gput you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you ^hwill think he is offering service to God. 3 And ⁱthey will do these things because they have not ^jknown the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may ^kremember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

10 “Blessed are those who are ^opersecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 ^pRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.