'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;John 3:19 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThis is the condemnation - That is, this is the reason why any shall be found finally to perish, not that they came into the world with a perverted and corrupt nature, which is true; nor that they lived many years in the practice of sin, which is also true; but because they refused to receive the salvation which God sent to them.
Light is come - That is, Jesus, the Sun of righteousness, the fountain of light and life; diffusing his benign influences every where, and favoring men with a clear and full revelation of the Divine will.
Men loved darkness - Have preferred sin to holiness, Belial to Christ, and hell to heaven. חשך chashac, darkness, is frequently used by the Jewish writers for the angel of death, and for the devil. See many examples in Schoettgen.
Because their deeds were evil - An allusion to robbers and cut-throats, who practice their abominations in the night season, for fear of being detected. The sun is a common blessing to the human race - it shines to all, envies none, and calls all to necessary labor. If any one choose rather to sleep by day, that he may rob and murder in the night season, he does this to his own peril, and has no excuse: - his punishment is the necessary consequence of his own unconstrained actions. So will the punishment of ungodly men be. There was light - they refused to walk in it. They chose to walk in the darkness, that they might do the works of darkness - they broke the Divine law, refused the mercy offered to them, are arrested by Divine justice, convicted, condemned, and punished. Whence, then, does their damnation proceed? From Themselves.
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John 1:4,9-11 In him was life; and the life was the light of men...
John 8:12 Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness...
John 9:39-41 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind...
John 15:22-25 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin...
Matthew 11:20-24 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not...
Luke 10:11-16 Even the very dust of your city, which sticks on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be you sure of this...
Luke 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will...
Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same...
2 Corinthians 2:15,16 For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish...
2 Thessalonians 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Hebrews 3:12,13 Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God...
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John 5:44 How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only?
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
John 8:44,45 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning...
John 10:26,27 But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you...
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Isaiah 30:9-12 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD...
Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Acts 24:21-26 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them...
Romans 2:8 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient...
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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