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"Here is my command. Love each other.
The World Hates the Disciples
18 "Does the world hate you? Remember that it hated me first.
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If you belonged to the world, it would love you like one of its own. But you do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
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"Remember the words I spoke to you. I said, 'A servant is not more important than his master.'(John 13:16) If people hated me and tried to hurt me, they will do the same to you. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
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They will treat you like that because of my name. They do not know the One who sent me.
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"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
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Those who hate me hate my Father also.
24
"I did miracles among them that no one else did. If I hadn't, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen those miracles. And still they have hated both me and my Father.
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This has happened so that what is written in their Law would come true. It says, 'They hated me without any reason.'(Psalms 35:19; 69:4)
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"I will send the Friend to you from the Father. He is the Spirit of truth, who comes out from the Father. When the Friend comes to help you, he will give witness about me.
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"You also must give witness. This is because you have been with me from the beginning.