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John 15:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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Role in This Section
This verse serves as the fourth turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it connects a reason or result to the developing claim: “But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me”.
Read It With
- John 15:18-25
Read John 15:21 with 15:18-25. This verse serves as the fourth turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it connects a reason or result to the developing claim: “But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me”. The controlling movement is: Jesus prepares disciples for hatred, links opposition to their relation with him, repeats the servant-master comparison, names accountability for rejected words and works, and cites Scripture about hatred without cause.
Why It Needs Context
This verse serves as the fourth turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it connects a reason or result to the developing claim: “But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me”. Read as the fourth turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, its subject, reply, connective, or narrated force depends on John 15:18-25: Jesus prepares disciples for hatred, links opposition to their relation with him, repeats the servant-master comparison, names accountability for rejected words and works, and cites Scripture about hatred without cause.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read John 15:18-25 — The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify WitnessSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: John 15:18-25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and critical-text reading checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/John.txt, 15:18-25
Open the John Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — John with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level syntax, older-English clarification, material variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible John PDF, John 15:18-25 and attached translator, study, and textual notes
Open the official NET John PDF ↗