John 3:21

21 But anyone who lives by [a] the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God." [b]

John 3:21 In-Context

19 "This, then, is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.
21 But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God."
22 After this, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.
23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit who does
  • [b]. It is possible that Jesus' words end at v. 15. Ancient Gk did not have quotation marks.
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