And He was sayingto them, "You are from below,I amfrom above;you are of thisworld,I amnot of thisworld.
"He who comesfrom aboveis aboveall,he who is of the earthis from the earthand speaksof the earth.He who comesfrom heavenis aboveall.
"They are not of the world,evenas I amnot of the world.
"I have giventhem Your word;and the worldhas hatedthem, becausethey are not of the world,evenas I amnot of the world.
You adulteresses,do you not knowthat friendshipwith the worldis hostilitytoward God?Thereforewhoeverwishesto be a friendof the worldmakeshimself an enemyof God.
As for the deedsof men,by the wordof Your lipsI have keptfrom the pathsof the violent.
"No onehas ascendedinto heaven,but He who descendedfrom heaven:the Sonof Man.
And the Wordbecameflesh,and dweltamongus, and we sawHis glory,gloryas of the only begottenfrom the Father,fullof graceand truth.
