They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
