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John 15:21

New Century Version

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know the One who sent me.

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For you, I carry this shame, and my face is covered with disgrace.

You people who obey the words of the Lord, listen to what he says: “Your brothers hated you and turned against you because you followed me. Your brothers said, ‘Let the Lord be honored so we may see you rejoice,’ but they will be punished.

Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings, and you will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me.

All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

Those who try to hold on to their lives will give up true life. Those who give up their lives for me will hold on to true life.

“Then people will arrest you, hand you over to be hurt, and kill you. They will hate you because you believe in me.

“People will insult you and hurt you. They will lie and say all kinds of evil things about you because you follow me. But when they do, you will be blessed.

All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

“But before all these things happen, people will arrest you and treat you cruelly. They will judge you in their synagogues and put you in jail and force you to stand before kings and governors, because you follow me.

All people will hate you because you follow me.

“People will hate you, shut you out, insult you, and say you are evil because you follow the Son of Man. But when they do, you will be blessed.

I did works among them that no one else has ever done. If I had not done these works, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen what I have done, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

They will do this because they have not known the Father and they have not known me.

Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you, and these people know you sent me.

They asked, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father, too.”

Jesus answered, “If I give honor to myself, that honor is worth nothing. The One who gives me honor is my Father, and you say he is your God.

You don’t really know him, but I know him. If I said I did not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey what he says.

As I was going through your city, I saw the objects you worship. I found an altar that had these words written on it: to a god who is not known. You worship a god that you don’t know, and this is the God I am telling you about!

“I, too, thought I ought to do many things against Jesus from Nazareth.

“Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing.

But to keep it from spreading among the people, we must warn them not to talk to people anymore using that name.”

The apostles left the meeting full of joy because they were given the honor of suffering disgrace for Jesus.

Now he has come here to Damascus, and the leading priests have given him the power to arrest everyone who worships you.”

I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do.

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God—I say this to shame you.

None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Then he will punish those who do not know God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

They started out in service to Christ, and they have been accepting nothing from nonbelievers.

You have patience and have suffered troubles for my name and have not given up.




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