John 15:16-18
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16 It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.(A) 17 This I command you: love one another.(B)
The World’s Hatred.[a] 18 “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.(C)
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- 15:18–16:4 The hostile reaction of the world. There are synoptic parallels, predicting persecution, especially at Mt 10:17–25; 24:9–10.
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