Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Given

Bible References

Given

John 17:8
because I have given them the message you gave me, and they accepted it. They [also] knew for certain that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

The world

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.
John 15:18
"If the world hates you, then know that it has [already] hated me, [even] before it hated you.
Matthew 10:24
A disciple is not more important than his teacher, nor a slave more important than his master.
1 Peter 4:4
Now, those people you used to run around with cannot understand why you have stopped living such wasteful lives, so they just "badmouth" you.
1 John 3:12
not [hate each other] the way Cain did, who belonged to the evil one [i.e., Satan], when he murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? It was because his [own] actions were evil and his brother's were righteous [See Heb. 11:4].

They

John 17:16
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 8:23
Jesus replied, "You people are from below [i.e., from the earthly realm]; I am from above [i.e., from the heavenly realm]. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.
1 John 4:5
These [false teachers] are part of the world, so [naturally] they speak [a message endorsed] by the world and the world listens to them.
1 John 5:19
We [also] know that we are [children] of God and that the people of the whole world lie under [the control of] the evil one [i.e., Satan].