John 16:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.

Cross References

Luke 10:22

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

John 15:23

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

John 17:25

“Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 8:19

Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

John 8:55

though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.

Acts 3:17

“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

1 Corinthians 2:8

and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 John 2:23

No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given 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.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.