John 8:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

John 17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world 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

And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven.

John 3:31

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

James 4:4

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.