"And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.

Hear the word of the LORD, You who tremble at His word: "Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name's sake, said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, That we may see your joy.' But they shall be ashamed."

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

"You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

"And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will 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 deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile [you,] and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake.

"For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake."

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

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

Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.

"for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:

So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." '

And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those 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 do not have the knowledge of God. I speak [this] to your shame.

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to 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 taking 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 know Him, if we keep His commandments.

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