19 (A)[a]And this is the [b]condemnation, that that light came into the world, and men loved darkness rather than that light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light, neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that [c]doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be made manifest, that they are wrought [d]according to God.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:19 Only wickedness is the cause, why men refuse the light that is offered them.
  2. John 3:19 That is, the cause of condemnation, which sticketh fast in men, unless through God’s great benefit they be delivered from it.
  3. John 3:21 That is, he that leadeth an honest life, and void of all craft and deceit.
  4. John 3:21 That is, with God, God as it were going before.

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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