New American Standard Bible 2020
John 7:7
John 7:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
- New International Version (NIV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
Context of John 7:7
5For not even His brothers believed in Him. 6So Jesus said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that its deeds are evil. 8Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet fully arrived.” 9Now having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
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οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ, ὅτι ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστιν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 7:7
- John 15:19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
- Luke 6:26Woe to you when all the people speak well of you; for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.
- James 4:4You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- 1 John 4:5They are from the world, therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
- John 17:14I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Proverbs 8:36But one who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death.”
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One, Says to the despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see and arise, Princes will also bow down, Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
- Zechariah 11:8Then I did away with the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was tired of me.
- Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
- 1 John 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
- John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.
- 1 Kings 21:20Then Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, enemy of mine?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have given yourself over to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad. He is Micaiah the son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so.”
- Proverbs 9:7One who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And one who rebukes a wicked person gets insults for himself.
- Proverbs 15:12A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
Commentaries on John 7:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The world cannot hate you - The Jews will not persecute you, because ye are in their sentiments and interests. Ye also expect a worldly Messiah. But me it hateth - Because I condemn its injustice, its pride, its ambition, and its maxims, by my life and doctrine. It is very likely that the term world means here the Jewish people only: this is an acceptation in which ̔ frequently occurs in this Gospel. See on John 17 (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The world cannot hate you - You profess no principles in opposition to the world. You do not excite its envy, or rouse against you the civil rulers. As you possess the same spirit and principles with the men of the world, they cannot be expected to hate you. I testify of it - I bear witness against it. This was the main cause of the opposition which was made to him. He proclaimed that men were depraved, and the result was that they hated him. We may…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8My time has not yet come: Jesus said that it was not the right time for him to go publicly to Jerusalem. Later, however, he did go to the city. He went quietly and not in a public way (7:10; compare study note on 12:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. My time is not yet come--that is, for showing Himself to the world. your time is always ready--that is "It matters little when we go up, for ye have no great plans in life, and nothing hangs upon your movements. With Me it is otherwise; on every movement of Mine there hangs what ye know not. The world has no quarrel with you, for ye bear no testimony against it, and so draw down upon yourselves none of its wrath; but I am here to lift up My voice…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. John 7:7 John 15:18f ↩
- 2. John 7:7 John 3:19f ↩
Commentaries on John 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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