John 15:22-25 Part 1 of 2

"If I had not come and spoken to them they would not be guilty of sins; but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.' "

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sins

Ezekiel 2:4-5  "The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.' And whether they listen or fail to listen--for they are a rebellious people--they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Ezekiel 3:7  "But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate."

but now they have no excuse for their sin

John 9:41  Jesus said, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains."

Romans 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 what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Romans 2:1  You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

If I had not done among them the works no one else did

John 5:36  "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish--the very works that I am doing--testify that the Father has sent me."

John 14:11  "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves."

John 10:37-38  "Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

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John 15:20-21 Part 2 of 2

"Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me."

They will treat you this way because of my name 
Matthew 5:10-11  "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Luke 6:22  "Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."
Acts 5:41  The apostles left the Sanhedrin rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. 

1 Peter 4:14   If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Revelation 2:3  "You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary."

for they do not know the one who sent me

John 16:1-3  "All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me."

John 17:25-26  "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

1 John 3:1  See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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John 15:20-21 Part 1 of 2

"Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me."

A servant is not greater than his master 
John 13:16  "Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." 
Matthew 10:24  "The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master." 
Luke 6:40  "The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher." 

If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also 
2 Timothy 3:12-13  In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 
Acts 14:22  ... strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. 
John 16:33  "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

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John 15:18-19

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."

If the world hates you 
Isaiah 66:5  Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame."
Psalm 38:19-20  Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous. Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
Isaiah 60:15  "Although you (Zion the City of the LORD) have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations."
John 7:7  "The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil."
1 John 3:12-13  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 

but I have chosen you out of the world 
John 15:16  "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit--fruit that will last--and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you."

That is why the world hates you 
John 17:14-18  "I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world."

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John 15:15-17

"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit--fruit that will last--and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other."

everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you 
John 8:25-26  "Who are you?" they asked. "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning," Jesus replied. "I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world."
John 3:32-34  He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.  

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you 
John 15:19  "If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." 
John 13:18  "I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: 'He who shared my bread has turned against me.' " (Psalm 41:9)

so that you might go and bear fruit 
John 15:5  "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." 

whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you 
Matthew 7:7-8  "Ask and it will be given you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

This is my command: Love each other 
John 15:12  "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

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John 15:12-14 Part 2 of 2

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."

You are my friends 
Job 16:19-21  "Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend." 
Proverbs 18:24  One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Luke 12:4-7  "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." 

if you do what I command 
Matthew 12:50  "For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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John 15:12-14 Part 1 of 2

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."

Love each other as I have loved you 
John 15:17  "This is my command: Love each other."
John 13:34  "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
Leviticus 19:18  " 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.' "
1 Thessalonians 4:9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
1 Peter 1:22  Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

Greater love has no one that this: to lay down one's life for one's friends 
Genesis 44:33  "Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord's slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers."
John 10:11  "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Romans 5:7-8  Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possible dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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