John 15:16-18

New American Standard Bible

^16 (A)You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^(B)bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^(C)whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. ¹⁷ This ^(D)I command you, that you love one another.

Disciples’ Relation to the World

¹⁸ “^(E)If the world hates you, ^[a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.