John 15:21

"But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

Montgomery 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

20"Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not better than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

22"If 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 10:18"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:39"He who has saved his life shall lose it; and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 6:22"Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.

John 8:54"If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, ‘He is our God.’

Acts 3:17"And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did 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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