Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. New Living Translation All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. English Standard Version For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. Berean Standard Bible Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Berean Literal Bible For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, so that his works may not be exposed; King James Bible For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. New King James Version For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. New American Standard Bible For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. NASB 1995 “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. NASB 1977 “For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. Legacy Standard Bible For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed. Holman Christian Standard Bible For everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed. American Standard Version For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. Contemporary English Version People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done. English Revised Version For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. GOD'S WORD® Translation People who do what is wrong hate the light and don't come to the light. They don't want their actions to be exposed. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed. Majority Standard Bible Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. NET Bible For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. New Heart English Bible For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works will not be exposed. Webster's Bible Translation For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Weymouth New Testament For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned. World English Bible For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor everyone who is doing wicked things hates the light, and does not come into the light, that his works may not be detected; Berean Literal Bible For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, so that his works may not be exposed; Young's Literal Translation 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; Smith's Literal Translation For every one doing bad things hates the light, and he comes not to the light, lest his works should be rebuked. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved. Catholic Public Domain Version For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected. New American Bible For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. New Revised Standard Version For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor every one who does detested things hates the light, and he does not come to the light, because his works cannot be covered. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For everyone who does what is hateful, hates The Light and does not come to The Light, lest his works should be convicted. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor every one that does evil, hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament For every one whose practices are foul hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions may not be brought to conviction. Mace New Testament for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Weymouth New Testament For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context For God So Loved…19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”… Cross References Ephesians 5:11-13 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. / But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself. Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 1 John 1:6-7 If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 2:9-11 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. / Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. / But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. Job 24:13-17 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. / When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. / The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. ... Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” Isaiah 30:1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. / So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. / For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. ... 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. / The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Micah 3:2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. Amos 5:10 There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity. Psalm 36:1-4 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. / For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. / The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. ... Psalm 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. Treasury of Scripture For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. every. John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Job 24:13-17 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof… reproved. Ephesians 5:12,13 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret… Jump to Previous Actions Deeds Detected Evil Exposed Fear Hated Hates Hateth Light Reproved Shewn Wicked Works WrongdoerJump to Next Actions Deeds Detected Evil Exposed Fear Hated Hates Hateth Light Reproved Shewn Wicked Works WrongdoerJohn 3 1. Jesus teaches Nicodemus the necessity of being born again,14. of faith in his death, 16. the great love of God toward the world, 18. and the condemnation for unbelief. 22. Jesus baptizes in Judea. 23. The baptism, witness, and doctrine of John concerning Jesus. Everyone who does evil The phrase "everyone who does evil" refers to those who practice sin and live in opposition to God's commandments. The Greek word for "evil" here is "phaulon," which implies not just wickedness but also worthlessness and moral corruption. Historically, this reflects the human condition post-Fall, where sin has tainted human nature. In a conservative Christian perspective, this underscores the universality of sin and the need for redemption through Christ. hates the Light and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed It has been often noted that the word "doeth," in this and the following verse, represent different words in the original. Perhaps we may distinguish them in English by rendering this verse: "Every one that practiseth evil." It is not less important to note that the word for evil here differs from the word so rendered' in the last clause of the previous verse. Strictly, and the change of word seems to demand a strict interpretation (comp. Note on John 5:29), it is not that which is positively, but that which is negatively, evil--that which is trivial, poor, worthless. The man who practiseth such things misses the aim of life, and turns from the light that would point it out to him. He does many things, but forgets that one thing is needful, and spends a life-time in trifles without any permanent result. We are familiar with the thought that immorality shuns the light and warps the will, and thus darkens knowledge and weakens faith; but we remember too seldom the deadening effect of an unreal and aimless existence which is not truly a life. Should be reproved.--The margin will show that our translators felt a difficulty about this word (see Notes on Matthew 18:15), where it is rendered "tell him his fault," and comp. the other instances in this Gospel, John 8:9; John 8:46 ("convince" in both), and especially John 16:8 ("reprove," and margin "convince"). The moral idea is exactly illustrated by the action of light, which makes manifest the wrong, and leads the conscience to see it and repent of it. It is through this chastening that the man passes from darkness to light. It is because men shrink from this chastening that they hate the light. (Comp. Notes on the remarkable parallel in Ephesians 5:11 et seq.) . . . Verse 20. - This verse expounds and supplies a further and causal explanation of the relation of conduct to character. For every one that praetiseth bad things (πράσσειν and ποιεῖν are contrasted, not only here, but in Romans 1:32; Romans 2:3; Romans 7:15, 19, 20. See Trench's 'Syn. N.T.,' p. 340). The first suggests the repeated acts of a man's conduct, his habits, his practice, and not unfrequently it has a bad sense attributed to it, while the second, ποιεῖν, refers to the full expression of an inward life, and is more appropriate to denote the higher deeds and grander principles). This practice of bad ways (φαῦλα) leads infallibly, by the just judgment of God, to a hatred of that which will reveal and confound the transgressor. Every one, etc., hateth the light (this shows that we cannot err in giving to μᾶλλον in ver. 19 the sense of potius), and the hardening process which is a judgment of God upon man, ever going on, becomes more conspicuous in this, that he cometh not to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; i.e. lest his works should be revealed - shown to him and to others in their true light. The night time, during which so many evil things, base things, unclean things, are practised, was darkening down over Jerusalem when our Lord was speaking, and would give fateful emphasis to these solemn words. This love of darkness proceeded from a hatred of the revealing power of the light. This rejection of the only begotten Son of God proceeded from a long habit of sin, showing more emphatically than before the need of radical spiritual regeneration - a birth of water and of the Spirit. The rejection of the Christ's claim to cleanse the temple - a fact of which Nicodemus, as Sanhedrist, must have been fully aware - was a striking illustration of his great argument. The "dread of the light is both moral pride and moral effeminacy" (Meyer). (See parallel in Ephesians 5:11, 12.)Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Everyoneπᾶς (pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. does πράσσων (prassōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4238: To do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require. evil φαῦλα (phaula) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 5337: Worthless, wicked, base. Apparently a primary word; 'foul' or 'flawy', i.e. wicked. hates μισεῖ (misei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Light, φῶς (phōs) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. {does} not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. come ἔρχεται (erchetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. into πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Light φῶς (phōs) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. for fear that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. deeds ἔργα (erga) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. will be exposed. ἐλεγχθῇ (elenchthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1651: (a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty. Of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish. 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