14 Bible Verses about Reasons Why The World Hates Christians
Most Relevant Verses
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For just as it is written, "the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
