John 8:23

Good News Translation

Jesus answered, “You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

as others do; I have obeyed your command and have not followed paths of violence.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

John 17:14

I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

John 17:16

Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.

John 3:13

And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from heaven.”

John 3:31

He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all.

James 4:4

Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.