John 15:22
If I hadn't come and spoken to them, they wouldn't be guilty of sin—but now they have no excuse for their sin.
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21But everything they do to you will be because of me, for they don't know the one who sent me.
23Anyone who hates me hates my Father as well.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.
John 3:18Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.
John 12:48Anyone who rejects me and does not accept my words will be judged at the end-time judgment in accordance with what I have said.
Acts 17:30God disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent.
Romans 2:1So if you judge others you don't have any excuse, whoever you are! For in whatever way you condemn others, you're judging yourself, because you're doing the same things.
Hebrews 6:4It's impossible for those who once understood and experienced God's heavenly gift—who shared in receiving 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 →