20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. …
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. …
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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 Phari…
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