John 15:21

but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

Young's Literal Translation

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 the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

22if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:5Hear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name's sake: 'Honoured is Jehovah, and we look on your joy,' But they are ashamed.

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

Matthew 10:39'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 6:22'Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake —

John 8:54Jesus answered, 'If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

Acts 3:17'And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did [it], as 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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