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The Moral Root of Unbelief
Commentators unanimously agree that the primary reason people reject the light of Christ is not intellectual but moral. As Charles Spurgeon states, 'Christ is hated because sin is loved.' People who are attached to their wrongdoing naturally hate the gospel because it exposes their actions and troubles their conscience. This aversion is a deliberate choice to remain in the darkness of sin rather than face the convicting truth.
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Albert Barnes
On John 3:20
18th Century
Theologian
That doeth evil. Every wicked man.
Hateth the light. This is true of all wicked men. They choose to practise their deeds o…
AT Robertson
On John 3:20
That doeth ill (ο φαυλα πρασσων). The word φαυλος means first worthless and then wicked (usually so in N.T.) and both senses occur…
Charles Ellicott
On John 3:20
19th Century
Bishop
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light.—In this and the next verse we have the explanation of the choice of darkn…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 3:19–20
19th Century
Preacher
That light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hatet…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 3:20
The difference between believers and unbelievers does not lie in the guilt or innocence of either; it lies in the different attitudes they take tow…
John Calvin
On John 3:20
16th Century
Theologian
For whosoever doeth what is evil. The meaning is, that the light is hateful to them for no other reason than because they are wic…
John Gill
On John 3:20
17th Century
Pastor
For every one that does evil, hates the light
Every man, the series of whose life and conversation is evil, hates Ch…