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That doeth the truth (ho poiōn tēn alētheian). See 1Jo 1:6 for this striking phrase.
Comes to the light (erchetai pros to phōs). Is drawn by the light, spiritual heliotropes, not driven from it.
That may be made manifest (hina phanerōthēi). Final hina with first aorist passive subjunctive of phaneroō.
They have been wrought in God (en theōi estin eirgasmena). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of ergazomai. He does not claim that they are perfect, only that they have been wrought in the sphere of and in the power of God. Hence he wants the light turned on.