John 8:23

First Nations Version

So he said to them, “You are from below and belong to the ways of this world. I am from above, and this world and its ways have no place in me.

Cross References

John 3:31

“The one who is greater than all speaks from the spirit-world above. The one who is from the earth speaks only about earthly things. The one from above speaks about the things he has seen and heard, but who believes him?

John 17:16

They no longer belong to the ways of this world, any more than I do.

John 17:14

Your message, which I gave them, has taken root in their hearts. Like me, they have chosen not to walk in the ways of this world, and so the world hates them.

James 4:4

You are unfaithful people! You must know that if you become friends with the ways of this world, you make yourself an enemy of the Great Spirit.

John 3:13

For there is only one who has gone up and come down from the world above—the True Human Being.

John 1:14

Creator’s Word became a flesh-and-blood human being and pitched his sacred tent among us, living as one of us. We looked upon his great beauty and saw how honorable he was, the kind of honor held only by this one Son who fully represents his Father—full of his great kindness and truth.