Matthew Poole and continuators on John 15:21

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my Names sake , because they know not him that sent me .

For my Names sake, here signifies no more than for my sake, as Matth. 10.22. for your Preaching, owning, and professing me and my Gospel:

and this they would not do, if they had any true knowledge of faith in, or love for him that sent me: for knowing (as hath been often said) in holy Writ, and particularly in this Gospel, signifieth not the bare comprehension of the object by our understanding, but such a comprehension of it, as is operative and efficacious, to the bringing forth of all such effects, as are proper to such a knowledge and comprehension. So as this text containeth two arguments more, to arm them against the hatred of the World: The first, from the honourableness of the cause, for Christs Names sake. The second from the ignorance and blindness of the persons.

Marginal references: Matt. 24.9. Chap. 16.3.