John 15:22

Easy To Read Version

If I had not come and spoken to the people of the world, then they would not be guilty of sin. But now I have spoken to them. So they have no excuse for their sin.

Cross References

Ezekiel 2:5

But those people won’t listen to you. They won’t stop sinning against me. Why? Because they are a very rebellious people—they always turn against me! But you must say those things so they will know that there is a prophet {\cf2\super [13]} living among them.

Luke 12:46

Then the master of that servant will come when that servant is not ready. It will be a time when that servant is not expecting the master. Then the master will punish that servant. The master will send him away to be with the other people that don’t obey.

John 12:48

There is a judge for the person that refuses to believe in me and does not accept what I say. The message I have taught will judge that person on the last day.

John 15:23

Any person that hates me also hates my Father.

John 15:24

I did things among those people that no other person has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. But they have seen those things I did. And still they hate me and my Father.

John 16:9

The Helper will prove that people have sin, because they don’t believe in me.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the man who gave me to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 9:41

Jesus said, “If you were really blind (without understanding), you would not be guilty of sin. But you say that you see (know what you are doing). So you are guilty.”

Acts 17:30

In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.

Romans 1:20

There are things about God that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy for people to understand. Those things are made clear in the things that God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.

Romans 2:1

So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge those people, but you do the same bad things they do. So when you judge them, you are really judging yourself guilty.

James 4:17

And when a person knows how to do good, but does not do good, then he is sinning.

1 Peter 2:16

Live like free men. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live like you are serving God.