John 15:22
Good News Translation
They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

New Revised Standard Version
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Contemporary English Version
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.

New American Bible
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

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John 3:18-21 He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. . . .

John 9:41 Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.

John 12:48 He that despiseth me and receiveth not my words hath one that judgeth him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 19:11 Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee hath the greater sin.

Ezekiel 2:5 If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.

Ezekiel 33:31-33 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness. . . .

Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us in every place. . . .

Hebrews 6:4-8 For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, have tasted also the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, . . .

James 4:17 To him therefore who knoweth to do good and doth it not, to him it is sin.

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Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. His eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.

Romans 2:1 Wherefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For thou dost the same things which thou judgest.

1 Peter 2:16 As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God.

Context
The Hatred of the World
21But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him that sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:5
If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.

John 9:41
Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.

John 15:23
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 16:9
Of sin: because they believed not in me.

John 15:21
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