John 3:20

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].

Cross References

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.

Luke 11:45

Then one of the teachers of the Law of Moses answered Jesus, saying, “Teacher, you insulted us too by saying this.”

John 3:21

But the person who does what is [according to the] truth [i.e., good things] comes to the light so that his deeds may be shown to have been produced by God.