Joh 8:23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
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He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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.
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer.
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, {even} the Son of man which is in heaven.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but {is} earthly, sensual, devilish. {sensual: or, natural}
The first man {is} of the earth, earthy: the second man {is} the Lord from heaven.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.
Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}
Whose end {is} destruction, whose God {is their} belly, and {whose} glory {is} in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am {he}. {Now: or, From henceforth}
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.