For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 7:4 in context
John 7:1–7
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After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
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His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
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For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
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For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
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Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
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The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
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