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John 3:20
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For everyone who does evil hates
For euery one that doeth euill, hateth the light, neither commeth to the light, lest his deeds should be reproued.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.
All who do evil hate the light and will not come to the light, because it will show all the evil things they do.
"For every wrongdoer hates the Light, and does not come to the Light [but shrinks from it] for fear that his [sinful, worthless] activities will be exposed and condemned.
"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed.
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done.
For everyone who does evil things hates the light and avoids it, so that his actions won't be exposed.
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
Everyone who does evil hates the light. They will not come to the light, because the light will show all the bad things they have done.
For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
For every one who does detested things hates the light, and he does not come to the light, because his works cannot be covered.
Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.
For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
For everyone practicing wickedness hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, that his works may not be exposed.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, for fear that his works would be reproved.
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For every one who doeth abominable things hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For every one that doeth abominable things, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, for fear that his works would be reproved.
For every one that doth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.
For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
Everyone who sins hates the Light. He stays away from the Light because his sin would be found out.
For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.
For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;
For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.
For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
For every man that evyll doeth hateth the light: nether commeth to light lest his dedes shuld be reproved.
for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.
for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Sorry people hate the light because they are afraid that people will see them for who they really are.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
every: John 7:7, 1 Kings 22:8, Job 24:13-17, Psalms 50:17, Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 15:12, Amos 5:10, Amos 5:11, Luke 11:45, James 1:23-25
reproved: or, discovered, Ephesians 5:12, Ephesians 5:13
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:10 - quick raw flesh 2 Samuel 13:9 - And Amnon 1 Kings 3:20 - midnight Nehemiah 6:10 - in the night Job 21:14 - for we Job 24:16 - they know Psalms 14:1 - abominable Psalms 25:12 - him Psalms 104:22 - General Proverbs 1:22 - fools Proverbs 2:13 - walk Proverbs 8:36 - he Proverbs 10:21 - fools Proverbs 15:10 - grievous Proverbs 16:30 - shutteth Proverbs 17:16 - seeing Proverbs 21:16 - wandereth Isaiah 5:13 - because Isaiah 6:10 - lest Jeremiah 9:6 - refuse Ezekiel 8:12 - in the Hosea 5:4 - They will not frame their doings Hosea 14:9 - but Zechariah 7:12 - lest Matthew 9:34 - General Matthew 13:13 - General Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Matthew 24:39 - General Luke 2:34 - set Luke 20:7 - that John 1:5 - General John 5:44 - can John 8:45 - General John 15:18 - General Philippians 1:10 - ye 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning 2 Timothy 3:16 - for reproof Hebrews 3:10 - err 2 Peter 3:5 - they willingly 1 John 1:6 - walk 3 John 1:11 - he that doeth evil
Cross-References
And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.
And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.
And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For every one that doth evil, hateth the light,.... Every man, the series of whose life and conversation is evil, hates Christ and his Gospel, cause they make manifest his evil deeds, convict him of them, and rebuke him for them:
neither cometh to the light; to hear Christ preach, or preached; to attend on the Gospel ministration and means of grace:
lest his deeds should be reproved; or discovered, and made manifest, and he be brought to shame, and laid under blame, and advised to part with them, which he cares not to do; see Ephesians 5:11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That doeth evil - Every wicked person.
Hateth the light - This is true of all wicked men. They choose to practice their deeds of wickedness in darkness. They are afraid of the light, because they could be easily detected. Hence, most crimes are committed in the night. So with the sinner against God. He hates the gospel, for it condemns his conduct, and his conscience would trouble him if it were enlightened.
His deeds should be reproved - To “reprove” here means not only to “detect” or make manifest, but also includes the idea of “condemnation” when his deeds are detected. The gospel would make his wickedness manifest, and his conscience would condemn him. We learn from this verse:
1.That one design of the gospel is “to reprove” men. It convicts them of sin in order that it may afford consolation.
2.That men by nature “hate” the gospel. No man who is a sinner loves it; and no man by nature is disposed to come to it, any more than an adulterer or thief is disposed to come to the daylight, and do his deeds of wickedness there.
- The reason why the gospel, is hated is that men are sinners. “Christ is hated because sin is loved.”
- The sinner must be convicted or convinced of sin. If it be not in this world, it will be in the next. There is no escape for him; and the only way to avoid condemnation in the world to come is to come humbly and acknowledge sin here, and seek for pardon.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 3:20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light — He who doth vile or abominable things: alluding to the subject mentioned in the preceding verse.
The word φαυλος, evil or vile, is supposed by some to come from the Hebrew פלס phalas, to roll, and so cover oneself in dust or ashes, which was practised in token of humiliation and grief, not only by the more eastern nations, see Job 42:6, but also by the Greeks and Trojans, as appears from Homer, Iliad xviii. l. 26; xxii. l. 414; xxiv. l. 640; compare Virgil, AEn. x. l. 844; and Ovid, Metam. lib. viii. l. 528. From the above Hebrew word, it is likely that the Saxon ful, the English foul, the Latin vilis, and the English vile, are derived. See Parkhurst under φαυλος.
Lest his deeds should be reproved. — Or discovered. To manifest or discover, is one sense of the original word, ελεγχω, in the best Greek writers; and it is evidently its meaning in this place.
