P1946:6, 180:3.1
The eleven had scarcely ceased their discussions of the discourse on the vine
and the branches when the Master, indicating that he was desirous of speaking
to them further and knowing that his time was short, said: "When I have left
you, be not discouraged by the enmity of the world. Be not downcast even when
faint-hearted believers turn against you and join hands with the enemies
of the kingdom. If the world shall hate you, you should recall that it hated
me even before it hated you. If you were of this world, then would the world
love its own, but because you are not, the world refuses to love you. You are
in this world, but your lives are not to be worldlike. I have chosen you out
of the world to represent the spirit of another world even to this world from
which you have been chosen. But always remember the words I have spoken to you:
The servant is not greater than his master. If they dare to persecute me, they
will also persecute you. If my words offend the unbelievers, so also will your
words offend the ungodly. And all of this will they do to you because they believe
not in me nor in Him who sent me; so will you suffer many things for the sake
of my gospel. But when you endure these tribulations, you should recall that
I also suffered before you for the sake of this gospel of the heavenly kingdom.