John 8:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But Jesus said to them, “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

John 3:31

“The one who comes from above is greater than all others. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth. He talks about things that are on the earth. But the one who comes from heaven is greater than all others.

John 17:16

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

John 17:14

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

James 4:4

You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world becomes God’s enemy.

Psalm 17:4

Unlike most people, I have obeyed your commands, so I have never been like those who are cruel and evil.

John 3:13

The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the one who came down from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 1:14

The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his divine greatness—the greatness that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth.