John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

Text-Critical English 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 what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. 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 10:18For my sake you will even be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you when others hate you, when they exclude you, reproach you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

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“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers 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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