Persecution is a promise. John 15:18. “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19. If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I chose you from the world, the world hates you because of this. 20. You must continually remember the message, which I spoke to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, then they will persecute you (Mark 10:30): if they kept My word, then they will keep yours.