John 3:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 3:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 8:12
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.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
John 9:39-41
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. …
Romans 2:8
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
John 12:43
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

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Commentary

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 Pharisee…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

17-21. not to condemn, &c.--A statement of vast importance. Though “condemnation” is to many the issue of Christ’s mission (Joh 3:19), it is not the object of His mission, which is purely a saving one.