John 15:18-27 - The World's Hatred For The Disciples
18 If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also. 21 But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law--'They hated me without cause.'
26 But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father--he will bear testimony to me; 27 Yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.