John 17:14

Jesus has given his disciples the Father's word, and the world hates them because they are not of the world, just as he is not. Following Christ sets believers apart.

Cross-references · 12

• John 17:16They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
• John 15:18–21If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
• 1 Jn 5:19–20We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
• John 8:23He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
• 1 Jn 4:5–6They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
• John 7:7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
• Prov 29:27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
• Gen 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
• Matt 10:24–25“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
• Zech 11:8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
• 1 Pet 4:4–5They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
• 1 Jn 3:12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.