I have given -I" in emphatic opposition to the world.

thy word The revelation of God as a whole (see on John 17:16 and John 5:47).

hath hated Rather, hated; the aorist expresses the single act of hate in contrast to the perfect, -I have given" a gift which they continue to possess. These are the two results of discipleship; on the one side, Christ's protection (John 17:12) and the gift of God's word; on the other, the hatred of the world.

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