John 8:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

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

John 1:14

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glorysuch glory as is given to an only son by his fathersaw it to be true and full of grace.

John 17:14

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

John 17:16

They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

John 3:13

And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

John 3:31

He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

James 4:4

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.