John 3:19 - Plain English Version

¹⁹ So God will judge them. You see, the light has come into the world, but people don’t want the light. They love the darkness too much. They love doing bad things in the dark, and they want to keep on doing them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil. [Isa. 5:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ “This is the basis for judgment: The light came into the world, and people loved darkness more than the light, for their actions are evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.

John 3:19 Referencias Cruzadas

John 8:12

Jesus talked to the people again. He said, “I am like a light for all the people in the world. Anyone that follows me will not live the wrong way, as if they are in the dark, but I will show them how to live the right way, like a light shows people the way, and they will live with God for ever.”

2 Thessalonians 2:12

They are people that like to do bad things, and they will not believe the true message about Jesus. So God will judge them, and he will say they are guilty.

Romans 2:8

But he will get really angry with selfish people that don’t want to know the true story but just want to do bad things.

John 12:43

They just wanted people to say good things about them. They didn’t worry about what God will say about them.

Romans 1:32

A long time ago, God said, “Anyone that does these sorts of things has to die.” That is true, and those people know that God said that, but they don’t take any notice of him. They keep on doing those bad things, and worse still, they push other people to do them.

John 5:44

And you like other people saying good things about you, but you don’t try to live God’s way so that he will say good things about you. He is the only God, but you just care what people think about you, not what God thinks about you. That is the reason why you don’t believe in me.

2 Peter 3:3

And this is very important, so I want you to understand it. These days are the last days of this world, and now some people will come and laugh at you, and they will say that you are stupid. Those people always do any bad thing they feel like doing. They laugh at God’s true story.

John 1:4

The Word had the power to give life to everything, and he showed people what is true about God. You see, the Word was a light for everyone.

1 Peter 2:8

God says this about Jesus too, in his book, “He will be like a stone that people trip over, so that they fall down and hurt themselves.” You see, people that don’t trust in Jesus, they go wrong and stop following God. It’s like they fall down and hurt themselves. They go wrong because they don’t listen to God’s word, and they don’t do what it says. You know, God planned all that trouble for them a long time ago.

John 7:7

The people of this world don’t hate you. But they hate me. I keep on telling them that the things they do are really bad. That is the reason why they hate me.

John 7:17

If anyone really wants to live God’s way, they will know that those words came from God, and that I did not make them up.

Luke 16:14

Some of the Pharisee mob were there. They were strong for the Jewish law. And they loved money a lot too, so when they heard Jesus teach those things, they laughed at him.

John 1:5

That light shines out into the darkness and makes everything clear, and the darkness can’t put it out.

John 12:31

Then Jesus told them how he was going to die. He said, “Soon my enemies are going to lift me up to die on a cross, and then I will call everyone to come to me. And when I die, God will judge everyone in the world. And you know, the boss over the bad spirits is the boss over this world too, but when I die, God will stop his power so he can’t be the boss over the world any more.”

John 12:46

I came to the world to tell people the true message, so that they can know the true message and believe in me. It’s like people were in the dark, but I came to be a light for them.