The World Hated Him First

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“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world,[f] the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world—therefore the world hates you.” (John 15:18-19, NRSVCE)

Seriously, who wants to be hated?

We need look no further than the martyrs i...