John 15:22
20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- KJV
- If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
- WEB
- If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- ASV
- If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- DARBY
- If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- BLB
- If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- ÅB
- Var jeg ikke kommet og hadde talt til dem, da hadde de ikke synd; men nå har de ingen unnskyldning for sin synd.
- OTB
- Hvis jeg ikke hadde kommet og talt til dem, ville de ikke ha kjent til sin synd; men nå har de ingen unnskyldning for sin synd.
- B1930
- Var jeg ikke kommet og hadde talt til dem, da hadde de ikke synd; men nu har de ingen undskyldning for sin synd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
Read in contextJames 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Read in contextActs 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextRomans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
Read in contextJohn 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31–33
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextHebrews 6:4–8
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Read in contextJohn 3:18–21
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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