John 15:21

Now they will do all of these things to you because of my name, in that they do not know the One who sent me.

Family 35 New Testament

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 slave is not greater than his owner.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be having 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 even kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations.

Matthew 10:39The one ‘finding’ his life will lose it, and the one ‘losing’ his life for my sake will find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and heap insults on you and trash your name as ‘malignant’, for the Son of the Man's sake.

John 8:54Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

Acts 3:17“So now, brothers, I know that you did it 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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