18 *ch. 7:7;1 John 3:13;[ver. 23, 24]"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.19 *[1 John 4:5] If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because *ch. 17:14,16;[Luke 6:26;Gal. 1:4;James 4:4]you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.