John 8:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He said to them, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (of this earthly order); I am not of this world.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Common English Bible

²³ He said to them, “You are from below; I’m from above. You are from this world; I’m not from this world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And he said to them: "You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.

John 8:23 Cross References

Psalm 17:4

With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

John 17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:16

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.

John 3:31

He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all.

James 4:4

Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.