John 15:22

John 15:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
• New International Version (NIV)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Context of John 15:22

20Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don’t know the one who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin. 23The one who hates me also hates my Father. 24If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 15:22 word by word

Εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν· νῦν δὲ πρόφασιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · if: notG1487
• I hadἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• notμήmē · notG3361
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• notοὐou · noG3756
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• butδέde · thenG1161
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• clokeπρόφασιςprophasis · pretenseG4392
• forπερίperi · aboutG4012
• sinὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for John 15:22

• John 3:18Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
• John 9:41“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
• John 12:48The one who rejects me and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
• John 19:11“You would have no authority over me at all,” Jesus answered him, “if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
• Ezekiel 2:5Whether they listen or refuse to listen — for they are a rebellious house — they will know that a prophet has been among them.
• Ezekiel 33:31So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
• Luke 12:46that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
• Acts 17:30“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
• 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,
• James 4:17So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.
• Romans 1:20For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
• Romans 2:1Therefore, every one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.
• 1 Peter 2:16Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves.

Commentaries on John 15:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22But now they have no cloke for their sin - (margin: Or, excuse) They are without excuse. See the note on John 9:41. Christ had done such works as demonstrated him to be the Messiah - yet they rejected him: here lay their sin; and this sin, and the punishment to which it exposed them, still remain; for they still continue to reject the Lord that bought them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22And spoken unto them - Declared unto them the will of God, and made known his requirements. Jesus had not less certainly shown by his own arguments that he was the Messiah than by his miracles. By both these kinds of proof their guilt was to be measured. See John 15:26. No small part of the gospel of John consists of arguments used by the Saviour to convince the Jews that he came from God. He here says if he had not used these arguments, and proved to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 How little do many persons think, that in opposing the doctrine of Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, they prove themselves ignorant of the one living and true God, whom they profess to worship! The name into which Christ's disciples were baptized, is that which they will live and die by. It is a comfort to the greatest sufferers, if they suffer for Christ's name's sake. The world's ignorance is the true cause of its hatred to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24Now, however, they have no excuse: The ministry of Jesus provided both words and works as evidence that pointed to God (15:22; 15:24). Once people have heard and seen him, they are accountable.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2522-25. (See on Joh 9:39-41). If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin--comparatively none; all other sins being light compared with the rejection of the Son of God. now they have no cloak for their sin--rather, "pretext."Read the comment

Topics related to John 15:22

• Cloak
• Commandments
• Judgment
• Responsibility
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Coming of Christ
• Herein
• Atonement
• Cloak; Cloke
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on John 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings