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John 3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

KJV

πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ·

Greek NT

Omnis enim qui male agit, odit lucem, et non venit ad lucem, ut non arguantur opera ejus :

Vulgate

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

ASV

For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μισέω
miseo
verb · 40×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πράσσω
prasso
verb · 39×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φαῦλος
phaulos
adjective · 6×
φῶς
phos
noun · 72×
ἐλέγχω
elegcho
verb · 19×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§678Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his preaching.581 Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light.582 Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned.583 Our attitude to our neighbour will disclose acceptance or refusal of g…
Source. Translated by George Prevost and revised by M.B. Riddle. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 10. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200171.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. My email a…
1. Moses in the beginning of the history and writings of the Old Testament speaks to us of the objects of sense, and enumerates them to us at length. For, In the beginning, he says, God made the heaven and the earth, and then he adds, that light was created, and a second heaven and the stars, the various kinds of living creatures, and, that we may not delay by going through par…
1. There is nothing clearer, nothing simpler than the truth, if we deal not perversely; just as (on the other hand) if we deal perversely, nothing is more difficult. For behold, the Scribes and Pharisees, who seemed forsooth to be wiser than other men, being ever with Christ for the sake of plotting against Him, and beholding His miracles, and reading the Scriptures, were nothi…
2. And how calls he those carnal, who had attained so large a measure of the Spirit; and into whose praises, at the beginning he had entered so much at large? Because they also were carnal, unto whom the Lord says, Matthew 7:22-23 Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity, I know you not; and yet they both cast out devils, and raised the dead, and uttered prophecies. So that it i…
1. Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end Hebrews 3:6; next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures. But be attentive, because he has expressed this in a manner somewhat difficult and not readily to be comprehended. And t…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:20 — And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
  • 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
  • 2Tim 3:7 — Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • 2Tim 3:16 — All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
  • 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Amos 5:10 — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
  • Amos 5:10 — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Eph 5:13 — But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
  • Jas 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
  • Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
  • Job 24:16 — In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
  • John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
  • Matt 9:34 — But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
  • Matt 24:39 — And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
  • Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
  • Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
  • Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Prov 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
  • Prov 15:10 — Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
  • Prov 15:12 — A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
  • Ps 25:12 — What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
  • Ps 50:17 — Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
  • Ps 50:17 — Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.