John 15:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ “You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.

¹⁷ “These things I command you, so that you may love one another.”

The World Hates God’s Own

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before you.