John 15:21-25 But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.… Among all the malefactors you condemn there is not a Christian to be found chargeable with any crime but His name. So much is the hatred of our name above all the advantages of virtue flowing from it. Setting aside all inquiry into the principle of our religion and its Founder, and all knowledge of them, the mere name is laid hold of; the name is attacked; and a word alone prejudges a sect unknown, and its Author also unknown, because they have a name, not because they are convicted. ( Tertullian.) Parallel Verses KJV: But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. |
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