John 3:19

19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:19 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
NLT
19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
MSG
19 "This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God.
CSB
19 "This, then, is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:19 In-Context

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S John 1:4; John 8:12
  • 2. Psalms 52:3; John 7:7
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