If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you — the disciples' alienation from the world is the condition of their election by Jesus. To choose the kingdom of God is necessarily to step outside the world's logic and values; the world recognizes in the disciples a refusal to play by its rules and retaliates with hatred. This is not a reason for despair but for clarity: the disciples know whose they are and can endure opposition with the confidence of those chosen by God.

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