John 15:22

If I had not come and discoursed with them, sin would not have been to them; but now there is no excuse for their sins.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

In Context

21But all these things will they do to you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

23He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

Read all of John 15

Cross References

John 3:18He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 12:48Whoever rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, there is one to judge him; the word which I speak, will judge him, at the last day.

Acts 17:30And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.

Romans 2:1There is therefore no excuse for thee, O man, that judgest thy neighbor; for by judging thy neighbor, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, dost practise the same things.

Hebrews 6:4But they who have once descended to baptism, and have tasted the gift from heaven, and have received 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 15:22