As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
John 8:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said to them, *You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (of this earthly order); I am not of this world. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. Common English Bible He said to them, “You are from below; I’m from above. You are from this world; I’m not from this world. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. |
As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.