Bible: John 15:18-21; 16:33

The World’s Hatred

15:18If the world hates you, be aware 1  that it hated me first. 2  15:19 If you belonged to the world, 3  the world would love you as its own. 4  However, because you do not belong to the world, 5  but I chose you out of the world, for this reason 6  the world hates you. 7  15:20 Remember what 8  I told you, ‘A slave 9  is not greater than his master.’ 10  If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed 11  my word, they will obey 12  yours too. 15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of 13  my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. 14 

The Birth of Ishmael

16:1 Now Sarai, 1  Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, 2  but she had an Egyptian servant 3  named Hagar. 4 

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