John 8:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus answered, “You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

I don't do like others. I obey your teachings and am not cruel.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him all the kindness and all the truth of God have come down to us.

John 17:14

I have told them your message. But the people of this world hate them, because they don't belong to this world, just as I don't.

John 17:16

They don't belong to this world, and neither do I.

John 3:13

No one has gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from there.

John 3:31

God's Son comes from heaven and is above all others. Everyone who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all others.

James 4:4

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know that if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.