John 8:23

New Century Version

Jesus said, “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

Psalm 17:4

I have obeyed your commands, so I have not done what evil people do.

John 1:14

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

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.

John 17:16

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

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 3:31

“The One who comes from above is greater than all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and talks about things on the earth. But the One who comes from heaven is greater than all.

James 4:4

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.