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

The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. {first estate: or, principality}

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would {no doubt} have continued with us: but {they went out}, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. {cloke: or, excuse}

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth {it} not, to him it is sin.

Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with {their} eyes, nor understand with {their} heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, {then} are ye my disciples indeed;

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast {them} into the fire, and they are burned.

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? {ends: Heb. wings}

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me {him} up, whom I shall name unto thee.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who {was} shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

For want and famine {they were} solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. {solitary: or, dark as the night} {in...: Heb. yesternight}

In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;