Joh 3:19-21, 7:17, 15:5, Act 17:11, Col 1:6, Heb 4:1-2, Jam 1:19-22 | ESV | STEP | And this is the judgment : the light has come into the world , and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil .

John 3:19-21

19 ^aAnd this is the judgment: ^bthe light has come into the world, and ^cpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^dtheir works were evil. 20 ^eFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^flest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever ^gdoes what is true ^hcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

John 7:17

17 ⁱIf anyone’s will is to do God’s ^{▼▼Greek his} will, ^khe will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ^lam speaking on my own authority.

John 15:5

5 I am the vine; ^myou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ⁿbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Acts 17:11

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^oexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Colossians 1:6

6 which has come to you, as indeed ^pin the whole world it is ^qbearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you ^rheard it and understood ^sthe grace of God in truth,

Hebrews 4:1-2

1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem ^tto have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ^uthey were not united by faith with those who listened. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts it did not meet with faith in the hearers}

James 1:19-22

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 ^wKnow this, my beloved brothers: let every person ^xbe quick to hear, ^yslow to speak, ^zslow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore ^aaput away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with ^abmeekness the implanted word, ^acwhich is able to save your souls.

22 But be ^addoers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.