John 15:21

But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.

1770 John Worsley 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 said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.

22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings on my account, for a testimony to them and to the nations:

Matthew 10:39He that would save his life shall lose it; and he, that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and reject you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as infamous on account of the Son of man.

John 8:54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say that He is your God.

Acts 3:17And now, brethren, I know that ye did it through 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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