John 8:23

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“Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.”

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BSBPD

“Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:23 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
  2. John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  3. John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  4. John 3:31The 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.
  5. John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  6. John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  7. John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  8. Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
  10. Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  11. James 3:15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
  12. James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  13. 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  14. 1 John 4:5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
  15. 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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