John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

In Context

20Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:39He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 6:22Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

John 8:54Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your God.

Acts 3:17And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your rulers.

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 →

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