John 17:16

Weymouth NT

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

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I have given them Thy Message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

»You,« He continued, »are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.

They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.