John 8:23

New International Version

But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 17:14

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.

John 17:16

They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

John 3:13

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

John 3:31

The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

James 4:4

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.