John 8:23

Easy To Read Version

But Jesus said to those Jews, “You people are from here below. But I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don’t belong to this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

I have tried as hard as humanly possible\par to obey your commands.\par

John 1:14

The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.

John 17:14

I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them. The world hated these men, because they don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.

John 17:16

They don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.

John 3:13

The only one that has ever gone up to heaven is the One that came down from heaven—the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [48]}

John 3:31

“The One (Jesus) that comes from above is greater than all other people. The person that is from the earth belongs to the earth. That person talks about things that are on the earth. But the One (Jesus) that comes from heaven is greater than all other people.

James 4:4

So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.