John 15:22
If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
21They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
John 3:18The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
John 12:48He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
Acts 17:30Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Romans 2:1So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
Hebrews 6:4As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,
Matthew Henry on John 15:19-26
Hatred and Persecution Foretold. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you… Read the whole commentary →