19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B)

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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.

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19 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.

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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

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24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(A) they would not be guilty of sin.(B) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(C) ‘They hated me without reason.’[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4

24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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24 If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father. 25 This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures[a]: ‘They hated me without cause.’

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Footnotes

  1. 15:25 Greek in their law. Pss 35:19; 69:4.

14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(A) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(B)

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14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

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14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

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