John 15:21
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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- Matthew 10:22Rank 1 from verse 21
19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
19Then said they vnto him, Where is thy Father? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had knowen mee, yee should haue knowen my Father also.
- Matthew 10:18Rank 4 from verse 21
- Matthew 24:9Rank 5 from verse 21
- 1 Peter 4:13–14Rank 6 from verse 21
13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
13But reioyce in as much as yee are partakers of Christes sufferings; that when his glory shalbe reueiled, ye may be glad also with exceeding ioy.
14If ye be reproched for the Name of Christ, happie are ye, for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: on their part hee is euill spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
- Isaiah 66:5Rank 8 from verse 21
5¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
5¶ *Heare the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my Names sake, sayd, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shal appeare to your ioy, and they shalbe ashamed.
- Revelation 2:3Rank 9 from verse 21
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 10 from verse 21
- 1 Corinthians 2:8Rank 11 from verse 21
- 1 John 2:3–4Rank 12 from verse 21
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
3And hereby wee doe knowe that we know him, if we keepe his commandements.
4He that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commandements, is a lyer, and the trueth is not in him.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3–6Rank 13 from verse 21
3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
3But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeue not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine vnto them.
5For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake.
6For God who commaunded the light to shine out of darkenes, hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Iesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 14 from verse 21
- Acts 17:23Rank 15 from verse 21
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your ‖deuotions, I found an Altar with this inscription, TO THE VNKNOWEN GOD. Whom therefore yee ignorantly worship, him declare I vnto you.
- Acts 28:25–27Rank 16 from verse 21
25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
25And when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet, vnto our fathers,
26Saying, *Goe vnto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.
27For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed, lest they should with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heart, and should bee conuerted, and I should heale them.
22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
22Blessed are yee when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shal reproach you, and cast out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.
- Matthew 10:39Rank 21 from verse 21
- Psalms 69:7Rank 22 from verse 21
- Romans 1:28Rank 23 from verse 21
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
28And euen as they did not like to ‖retaine God in their knowledge, God gaue them ouer to ‖a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient:
- Matthew 5:11Rank 24 from verse 21
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John 15:21
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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15:11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
15:11These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.
15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
15:12*This is my Commaundement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
15:13Greater loue hath no man then this, that a man lay downe his life for his friends.
15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoeuer I command you.
15:15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
15:15Henceforth I call you not seruants, for the seruant knoweth not what his lord doth, but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, I haue made knowen vnto you.
15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
15:16Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and *ordeined you, that you should goe and bring foorth fruit, and that your fruite should remaine: that whatsoeuer ye shall aske of the Father in my Name, he may giue it you.
15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
15:17These things I commaund you, that ye loue one another.
15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
15:18If the world hate you, yee know that it hated me before it hated you.
15:19If 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.
15:19If ye were of the world, the world would loue his owne: But because yee are not of the world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therfore the world hateth you.
15:20Remember 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.
15:20*Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then the Lord: if they haue persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they haue kept my saying, they will keepe yours also.
15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
15:21But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Selected passage15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
15:22If I had not come, and spoken vnto them, they had not had sinne: but now they haue no ‖cloke for their sinne.
15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
15:23He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
15:24If 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.
15:24If I had not done among thē the works which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but now haue they both seene, & hated both me & my father.
15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
15:25But this commeth to passe, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, *They hated me without a cause.
15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
15:26*But when the Comforter is come, whom I wil send vnto you from the Father, euen the Spirit of trueth, which proceedeth from the Father, hee shall testifie of me.
15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
15:27And ye also shall beare witnesse, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.