John 15:21

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

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.

22If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18and before governors and kings bring you, on my account, for the testimony concerning them and the gentiles.

Matthew 10:39Whosoever will find his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you when the sons of man hate you, and separate you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

John 8:54Jeshu said to them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifieth me; he, of whom you say that he is your God.

Acts 3:17Now, however, my brethren, I know that through delusion you did this, as also did your princes;

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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