John 3:20

For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

Surrounding context

3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

3:20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

3:21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

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