24 If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen, and have hated both me, and my Father.

25 But it is that the word might be fulfilled, that is written in their [a]Law, (A)They hated me without a cause.

26 [b]But when that Comforter shall come, (B)whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testify of me.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:25 Sometime by this word, Law, are meant the five books of Moses, but in this place, the whole Scripture: for the place alleged is in the Psalms.
  2. John 15:26 Against the rage of the wicked, we shall stand surely by the inward testimony of the holy Ghost: But the holy Ghost speaketh no otherwise, than he spake by the mouth of the Apostles.

24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(A) they would not be guilty of sin.(B) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(C) ‘They hated me without reason.’[a](D)

The Work of the Holy Spirit

26 “When the Advocate(E) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(F)—the Spirit of truth(G) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4