Psalms 35:19-21

Reader! recollect the peaceable temper and meekness of Jesus: recollect the temper of his apostles and followers: recollect in all ages, and even now ask, what is the temper and pursuit of God's people: is it not that of following peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord? And yet is not hell up in arms against them, and are they not considered as the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things? 1 Corinthians 4:13.