And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;
Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."
so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.
but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness —
they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.
though they know God's decree that people who practise such vice deserve death, they not only do it themselves but applaud those who practise it.
How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?
To begin with, you know that mockers will come with their mockeries in the last days, men who go by their own passions,
In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:
The servant who knew his lord and master's orders and did not prepare for them, will receive many lashes;
a stone over which men stumble and a rock of offence; they stumble over it in their disobedience to God's word. Such is their appointed doom.
the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.
anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority.
Now the Pharisees who were fond of money heard all this, and they sneered at him.
amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.
When I am in the world, I am light for the world."
Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled.
I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.