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John 16:3

And they will do these things, because they have not known the Father nor me.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

In Context

2They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.

4But I have told you these things, so that when the hour comes, ye may remember that I told you of them. But I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

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Cross References

John 8:19They said therefore to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.

John 15:21But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.

John 17:3And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only TRUE God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.

1 Corinthians 2:8which none of the rulers of this age know. For if they knew, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:8in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:13the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.

Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7

Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,… Read the whole commentary →

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