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John 15:24 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 24. 24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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Quick Meaning
This verse serves as the seventh turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it clarifies the claim or action now under review: “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father”.
Read It With
- John 15:18-25
Read John 15:24 with 15:18-25. This verse serves as the seventh turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it clarifies the claim or action now under review: “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father”. 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 This Verse Appears Here
This verse serves as the seventh turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it clarifies the claim or action now under review: “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father”. As the seventh turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, it preserves the narrative pressure that gives the line its force: 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.
What Remains True
This verse serves as the seventh turn in The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify Witness, where it clarifies the claim or action now under review: “If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father”. Its enduring force supports this passage-controlled response: Endure genuine hostility without hating outsiders, and distinguish persecution from deserved accountability or ordinary disagreement.
How It Can Shape Life
- For John 15:24, practice this verse's particular contribution by doing the following without outrunning John 15:18-25: Endure genuine hostility without hating outsiders, and distinguish persecution from deserved accountability or ordinary disagreement.
Continue in Context
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Read John 15:18-25 — The World's Hatred Does Not Nullify WitnessSources used for this Verse Lens
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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
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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
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