No way to be righteous enough, wise enough, or loving enough to avoid persecution
The world can not hate you, it hates Jesus - John 7:7
We never see a hint of retaliation, bitterness, or self-pity
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate - 1 Peter 2:22-23
On the cross: heaped insults (Matthew 27:44) and he is asked God to forgive them - Luke 23:34
How did he get through the cruel and vicious attacks with such grace?
He entrusted himself to him who judges - 1 Peter 2:23
Kept his focus on the joy that would be his - Hebrews 12:2