John 15:22

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

In Context

21But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

23He who hates Me hates My Father also.

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Cross References

John 3:18“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 12:48He that rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word which I spoke, that word will judge him in the last day.

Acts 17:30So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

Romans 2:1Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, everyone who judges, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself, for you who judge are practicing the same things.

Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of 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 →

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