You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
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