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John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.
John 3:19 · Geneva Bible
John 3:19 in other translations
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And 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.
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.
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In context
16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.
18 Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.
20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
21 But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.
22 After these things, came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iudea, and there taried with them, and baptized.
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