¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that ^glight is come into the world, and men loved ^hdarkness ⁱrather than light, ⁱⁱbecause their deeds were evil. ²⁰For ^jevery one that ^kdoeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be ^||^lreproved.

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gch. 1:4, 9. & 12:46.
hch. 1:5.
ich. 12:43. 2 Tim. 3:4. Comp. ch. 5:35.
iich. 7:7.
jSo Job 24:13, 16, 17. Rom. 13:12. Eph. 5:13.
kSee ch. 5:29.
||Or, discovered. Comp. ver. 21.
lch. 8:9, 46 (Gk.). & 16:8 (text). Eph. 5:11, 13.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.

NLTNew Living Translation

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. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.