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Despised - a Christian perspective
God didn't reveal his plan of redemption through beautiful or powerful things, but through weak and despised people--specifically Jesus Christ, who didn't match up to what most people were looking for in a mighty, glorious Savior.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%201:27-29&version=NIV
Hated in the Bible - a Christian perspective
Christians can expect to be rejected and even hated by the sinful world around them. But we aren't to lose heart when this happens--after all, it happened to Jesus before it happened to us.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:18&version=NIV
Basilea Schlink : Cowardice
Coward! That seems to be a despicable word. A coward is someone who is afraid to show his allegiance when it costs something, who fears to confess allegiance to his social class, nation or to a certain group and its principles when they are despised...
http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=834