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John 7:6–7

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Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
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From verse 6

  1. John 7:8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

  2. John 2:4Rank 2 from verse 6
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    4Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

  3. John 7:30Rank 3 from verse 6
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    30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

  4. John 17:1Rank 4 from verse 6
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    1THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

  5. John 13:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

From verse 7

  1. John 15:18–19Rank 1 from verse 7
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    18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  2. John 3:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

  3. Galatians 4:16Rank 3 from verse 7
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    16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

  4. Proverbs 9:7–8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  5. James 4:4Rank 5 from verse 7
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    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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John 7:6

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 7:7

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hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5For neither did his brethren believe in him.

6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

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7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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8Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

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