John 15:21

But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

20Bear in mind what I said to you, `A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

22"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:39To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

Luke 6:22"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

John 8:54"Were I to glorify myself," answered Jesus, "I should have no real glory. There is One who glorifies me--namely my Father, who you say is your God.

Acts 3:17"And now, brethren, I know that it was in ignorance that you did it, as was the case with 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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