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John 3:20 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œFor every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}”

John 3:20

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18

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}

21

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

22

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

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