He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.
I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.
He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all.
Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.