John 15:19-27

19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but ¹I chose you out of the world, ²because of this * the world hates you.

20 "Remember the word that I said to you, '³A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, ⁴they will also persecute you; if they ⁵kept My word, they will keep yours also.

21 "But all these things they will do to you ⁶for My name's sake, ⁷because they do not know the One who sent Me.

22 "⁸If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 "He who hates Me hates My Father also.

24 "⁹If I had not done among them ¹⁰the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

25 "But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their ¹¹Law, '¹²THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'

26 "When the ¹³Helper comes, ¹⁴whom I will send to you from the Father, that is ¹⁵the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, ¹⁶He will testify about Me,

27 and ¹⁷you will testify also, because you have been with Me ¹⁸from the beginning.

Cross References

• 1. John 15:16
• 2. Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; John 17:14
• 3. Matthew 10:24; John 13:16
• 4. 1 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Timothy 3:12
• 5. John 8:51
• 6. Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:12, 17; Acts 4:17; Acts 5:41; Acts 9:14; Acts 26:9; 1 Peter 4:14; Revelation 2:3
• 7. John 8:19, 55; John 16:3; John 17:25; Acts 3:17; 1 John 3:1
• 8. John 9:41; John 15:24
• 9. John 9:41; John 15:21
• 10. John 5:36; John 10:37
• 11. John 10:34
• 12. Psalms 35:19; Psalms 69:4
• 13. John 14:16
• 14. John 14:26
• 15. John 14:17
• 16. 1 John 5:7
• 17. Luke 24:48; John 19:35; John 21:24; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 4:14
• 18. Luke 1:2

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. guilt
• [b]. I.e. guilt
• [c]. Gr "Paracletos", one called alongside to help; or "Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor"
• [d]. Or (imperative) "and bear witness"