A moment in scripture
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The surrounding passage
- John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 3:21
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
- John 3:22
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.