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John 16:3

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And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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  1. John 15:21Rank 1 from verse 3
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    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  2. John 17:25Rank 2 from verse 3
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    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  5. John 8:19Rank 5 from verse 3
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    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.

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John 16:3

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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