19And 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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Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. …
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-21)We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one , a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of one soul . Observe, I. Who this Nicodemus was. Not many mighty and noble are called; yet some are, and here was one. Not many of the rulers, or of the Pharisees ; yet. 1. This was a man of the Phari…
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