John 8:23

New American Bible - revised edition

He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

as others often do. As your lips have instructed me, I have kept from the way of the lawless.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.

John 17:14

I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

John 17:16

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

John 3:13

No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.

John 3:31

The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven [is above all].

James 4:4

Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God.