“This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.”
— WEB
John 3:19
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
— KJV
“And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.”
— ASV
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Commentary
this is the condemnation, &c.--emphatically so, revealing the condemnation already existing, and sealing up under it those who will not be delivered from it. light is come into the world--in the Person of Him to whom Nicodemus was listening. loved darkness, &c.--This can only be known by the deliberate rejection of Christ, but that does fearfully reveal it.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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