John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 which I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations.

Matthew 10:39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, 1 And when they shall exclude you, 1 And shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, 1 Because of the Son of Man. 1

John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is our God.

Acts 3:17“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did also.

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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