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