And these things they will do [to you] because they did not know the Father nor Me.

For I have suffered reproach for Your sake; shame has covered my face.

Hear the words of the Lord, you that tremble at His word; speak, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed.

"Blessed are you whenever they revile you, and they persecute you, and they say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations.

And you will be hated by all [people] for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Then they will hand you over to tribulation and they will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations, on account of My name.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

For I will show him all the things that he must suffer for My name's sake."

but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.

Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would also know My Father."

Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is our God.

for as I passed by and considered the objects of your worship, I found also an altar on which it had been inscribed: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, [Him] whom being ignorant of you worship, this [One] I announce to you:

And being in disagreement with one another, they went away after Paul had said one word: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

For the hearts of this people has become dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and they should hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart and turn back, so that I should heal them."'

And just as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do the things which are not fitting;

which none of the rulers of this age knew (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory).

Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

But even if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden among those who are perishing,

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.

in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

He who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.