 Why is it that the world hates you, Christ? He told us. Because he came in to take the cloak of covering from off their sin and to show them who they were before a just and a holy God. And how did this fare for them? Well, they crucified him. Why did they hate it? Because they were self-righteous. They refused the Messiah. And to the Gentiles, they didn't see a need for a Savior because they didn't believe that they were sinners. It's also found in 1 Corinthians.