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John 3:20

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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πᾶςpasevery oneπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every one”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.every oneγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φαῦλαphaulaevilφαῦλος (phaulos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “evil”, the object formG5337worthless, wicked, base.evilπράσσωνprassōnto doπράσσω (prassō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4238I do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require.μισεῖmiseihatethμισέω (miseō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hateth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3404I hate, detest, love less, esteem less.hatethτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.the lightκαὶkaineitherκαίconjunction — “neither”G2532and, even, also, namely.neitherοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἔρχεταιerchetaicomethἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “cometh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.comethπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.the lightἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐλεγχθῇelenchthēshould be reprovedἐλέγχω (elenchō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should be reproved”, a single actionG1651(a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty.should be reprovedτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἔργαergaworkἔργον (ergon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “work”, the subject formG2041work, task, employment; a deed, action; that which is wrought or made, a work.This verse uses “work”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

Young’s Literal Translation

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

World English Bible

For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’ t come to the light , lest his works would be exposed .

Darby Translation

For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;

Douay-Rheims

For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

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