John 3:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

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  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.
  • Acts 24:21-26 : 21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” 22 Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying,“When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” 23 He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs. 24 Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said,“Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you.” 26 At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing– 16 to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • John 12:43 : 43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
  • John 15:22-25 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. 25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law,‘They hated me without reason.’
  • John 1:9-9 : 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
  • Isa 30:9-9 : 9 For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law. 10 They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages. 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” 12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:“You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.
  • Matt 11:20-24 : 20 Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you! 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day. 24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”
  • Luke 10:11-16 : 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town! 13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 16 “The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
  • Luke 12:47 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
  • Heb 3:12-13 : 12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God. 13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called“Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  • John 8:44-45 : 44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

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    20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

    21But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • John 3:16-18
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    16For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

    17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

    18The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

    5And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

  • John 1:7-9
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    7He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

    8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

    9The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

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    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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    8On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    11But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

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    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

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  • 1 John 3:10
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.

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    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

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    31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

  • John 9:39
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    39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

  • Job 17:12
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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • John 3:36
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    36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.

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    7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

  • John 16:11
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    11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • John 5:29
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    29and will come out– the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

  • 1 John 3:8
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    8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.

  • Eph 5:11
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    11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

  • John 16:9
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    9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • Rom 1:18
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    18The Condemnation of the Unrighteous For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.