And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
"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.
"And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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.
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the universe and is here, and men loved rather the darkness than the light, for their works were pernicious.
This is the judgment - that light has entered the world and men have preferred darkness to light because their deeds were evil.
And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.
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