^{18 Ref} If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

^{19 Ref} If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

^{20 Ref} Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

^{21 Ref} But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me.

^{22 Ref} If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

^{23 Ref} He who hates me, hates my Father also.

^{24 Ref} If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

^{25 Ref} But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

^{26 Ref} "When the Counselor{Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.} has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

^{27 Ref} You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.