John 8:23

New International Reader's Version

But Jesus said, “You are from below. I am from heaven. You are from this world. I am not from this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

Though evil people tried to pay me to do wrong, I have not done what they wanted. Instead I have done what you commanded.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth.

John 17:14

I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am.

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.

John 3:13

No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven. He is the Son of Man.

John 3:31

“The one who comes from above is above everything. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks like someone from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above everything.

James 4:4

You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.