OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 3:21

uW Translation Notes:

ὁ & ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν

the_‹one› & practicing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

This phrase refers to someone who habitually does true things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [everyone who habitually does the truth]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὁ & ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν

the_‹one› & practicing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of truth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the one who does true things] or [the one who does what is true]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς

˓is˒_coming (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

See how you translated the light in the previous two verses. Alternate translation: [comes to Jesus, who revealed the true and good things of God]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς

˓is˒_coming (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

Jesus is speaking about himself in the third person. If your language does not allow people to speak of themselves in the third person, you may need to specify who the light is. See how you translated this expression in the previous two verses.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα

˓may_be˒_revealed ˱of˲_him (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the light might reveal his deeds]

ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα

that in God (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ ποιῶν τήν ἀλήθειαν ἔρχεται πρός τό φῶς ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τά ἔργα ὅτι ἐν Θεῷ ἐστίν εἰργασμένα)

This clause indicates what the light will reveal about the deeds of those who come to the light. The phrase in God indicates that the works these people have done were done with God’s help and not by their own strength or effort. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [that they have been done with God’s help]