12 Bible Verses about Reasons Why The World Hates Christians

"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

"do not forget that it hated me first.

You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.

Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity. They became whisperers, back-biters, hated of God, insolent, haughty, boastful. They invented sins. They were disobedient to parents.

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

"And so is fulfilled the word written in their Law, 'They hate me without cause.'

And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Am I then become your enemy, because I am telling you the truth?

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

For the name of God is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as the Scripture itself says.

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name's sake. "Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.