12 Bible Verses about Reasons Why The World Hates Christians

and ye shall be hated by all men for professing my name; but he that perseveres to the end shall certainly be saved.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Then shall they afflict you, and kill you; and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name:

being filled with all injustice, lewdness, wickedness, covetousness, malignity; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and every evil habit; whisperers, slanderers, haters of God, injurious, haughty, proud, inventers of mischief, undutiful to parents, void of understanding,

But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.

But thus it is that the word might be fulfilled, which is written in their law, they hated me without a 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.

And am I become your enemy for telling you the truth?

For the doctrine of the cross is to them, that perish, foolishness: but to us, who are saved, it is the power of God.

for through you the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall revile and persecute you, and utter all manner of reproach against you falsly, for my sake: rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great will be your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets, that were before you.