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John 7:4
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For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”
For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and hee himselfe seeketh to be knowen openly: If thou doe these things, shew thy selfe to ye world.
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
"For no one does anything in secret when he himself is striving to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world."
Anyone who wants to be well known does not hide what he does. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."
"No one does anything in secret when he wants to be known publicly. If You [must] do these things, show Yourself openly to the world and make Yourself known!"
"For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."
For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself publicly to the world."
For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world."
No one does anything in secret, if they want others to know about them. So let the world know what you are doing!"
for no one who wants to become known acts in secret. If you're doing these things, show yourself to the world!"
for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be [known] in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world:
If you want to be well known, you must not hide what you do. So, if you can do such amazing things, let the whole world see you do them."
For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.
For there is no man, who does anything in secret and yet wants it to become known. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the people.
People don't hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let the whole world know about you!"
For no one does anything in secret and yet he himself desires to be publicly recognized. If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world!"
for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be in public. If You do these things, reveal Yourself to the world.
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
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 no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"
For there is no man who doeth any thing in concealment, and willeth himself to be in openness: if these things thou doest, show thyself to the world.
For there is no one who doeth any thing in secret, while he wisheth to become public. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
For there is no man that doeth any thyng in secrete, and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly. Yf thou do suche thynges, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.
For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
For no man does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."
For no man doth any thing in secret, but desireth to be publickly known: if thou dost these things, shew thyself to the world.
For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things, show yourself openly to the world."
for no man doith ony thing in hiddlis, and hym silf sekith to be opyn. If thou doist these thingis, schewe thi silf to the world.
For no man does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, manifest yourself to the world.
For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."
For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."
You can't become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!"
If a person wants others to know what he is doing, he does things to be seen. Since You are doing such things, show Yourself to the world."
for no one who wants to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
For, no one, anything in secret, doeth, and yet is seeking, himself, to be well-known. If, these things, thou art doing, manifest thyself unto the world.
For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
For ther is no man yt doeth eny thing secretly and he him selfe seketh to be knowen. Yf thou do soche thinges shewe thy selfe to the worlde.
for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;'
He that seketh to be openly knowne, doth nothinge in secrete. Yf thou do soch thinges, the shewe yi self before the worlde:
for no body acts in private, that designs to distinguish himself: since you do such things, shew yourself to the world.
If you want people to follow you, you can't hide out in the country where no one can see your great power. Since you are so powerful, go show yourself to the world."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
there: Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:2, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 23:5, Luke 6:45
show: John 18:20, 1 Kings 22:13, Matthew 4:6, Acts 2:4-12
Reciprocal: Matthew 6:3 - let Luke 4:23 - do John 6:15 - take John 11:54 - went
Cross-References
In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.
And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.
And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For there is no man that doeth anything in secret,.... For so they reckoned his doing miracles in such a corner of the land, and in so obscure a place as Galilee:
and he himself seeketh to be known openly; suggesting hereby, that Christ was an ambitious person, and sought popular applause, and honour and glory from men, when nothing was more foreign from him; see John 5:41.
If thou do these things; for they question whether the miracles he wrought were real; and suspected that they were deceptions of the sight, and delusions; or at least they questioned their being done by him; and rather thought that they were done by diabolical influence, by Beelzebub the prince of devils: but if they were real ones, they advise him, saying,
shew thyself to the world; or do these openly, and in the presence of the great men of the world; the princes of it, the rulers of the people, the chief priests and sanhedrim; and before all the males of Israel; who at this feast would come up from all parts of the land, and are for their multitude called the world: the reason of this their advice was, that if his miracles were real, and he was the person he would be thought to be, the doing of them before such, would gain him great credit and esteem; and if not, he might be detected by such numbers, and by men of such penetration as were among them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For there is no man ... - The brethren of Jesus supposed that he was influenced as others are. As it is a common thing among men to seek popularity, so they supposed that he would also seek it; and as a great multitude would be assembled at Jerusalem at this feast, they supposed it would be a favorable time to make himself known. What follows shows that this was said, probably, not in sincerity, but in derision; and to the other sufferings of our Lord was to be added, what is so common to Christians, derision from his relatives and friends on account of his pretensions. If our Saviour was derided, we also may expect to be by our relatives; and, having his example, we should be content to bear it.
If thou do ... - It appears from this that they did not really believe that he performed miracles; or, if they did believe it, they did not suppose that he was the Christ. Yet it seems hardly credible that they could suppose that his miracles were real, and yet not admit that he was the Messiah. Besides, there is no evidence that these relatives had been present at any of his miracles, and all that they knew of them might have been from report. See the notes at Mark 3:21. On the word brethren in John 7:5, see the Matthew 13:55 note, and Galatians 1:19 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 7:4. No man that doeth any thing in secret, c.] They took it for granted that Christ was influenced by the same spirit which themselves felt and that therefore he should use every opportunity of exhibiting himself to the public, that he might get into repute; and they hoped that a part of his honour would be reflected back upon themselves, as being his near relations. They seem to have said: "It is too little to employ thyself in working miracles in Galilee, in the country, and in small villages, among an ignorant and credulous people, from whom thou canst not get much credit: go to Jerusalem, the capital, and among the learned doctors, in the presence of the whole nation assembled at this feast, work thy miracles, and get thyself a name."
