John 8:23

James Moffatt - New Testament

He said to them, "You are from the world below, I am from the world above: you belong to this world, I do not belong to this world.

Cross References

John 3:31

He who comes from above is far above all others; he who springs from earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth; he who comes from heaven [is far above all others.

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

John 17:14

I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

James 4:4

(Wanton creatures! do you not know that the world's friendship means enmity to God? Whoever, then, chooses to be the world's friend, turns enemy to God.

John 3:13

And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven.

John 1:14

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory — glory such as an only son enjoys from his father — seen it to be full of grace and reality.