John 8:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he sayde vnto them: ye are from beneathe, I am from aboue: ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde.

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  • John 3:31 : 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all:
  • John 17:14 : 14 I haue geuen them thy worde, and the worlde hath hated them, because they are not of the worlde, euen as I also am not of the worlde.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym. 16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.
  • John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the worlde, as I also am not of the worlde.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.
  • 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are of the world, therfore speake they of the worlde, & the world heareth them. 6 We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie, and the spirite of errour.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We knowe that we are of God, & the whole worlde lieth in wickednesse. 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
  • Jas 3:15-17 : 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe. 16 For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes. 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation:
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulterers & adultresses, knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God? Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde, is made the enemie of God.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 As touchyng other mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent.
  • Phil 3:19-21 : 19 Whose ende is dampnation, whose God is their belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges. 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we loke for the sauiour, the Lorde Iesus Christe: 21 Who shall chaunge our vyle body, that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body, according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe.
  • John 3:13 : 13 And no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that came downe from heauen, euen the sonne of man which is in heauen.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God: For it is not obedient to the lawe of God, neither can be. 8 So then, they that are in the fleshe, can not please God.
  • 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the seconde man is the Lorde from heauen. 48 As is the earthy, suche are they that are earthy: And as is the heauenly, such are they also that are heauenly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:24-26
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    24I sayde therefore vnto you, that you shall dye in your sinnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in your sinnes.

    25Then sayde they vnto hym: Who art thou? And Iesus saith vnto them: Euen the very same thyng that I sayde vnto you from the begynnyng.

    26I haue many thynges to saye, and to iudge of you. Yea, & he that sent me, is true: And I speake to the world, those thynges which I haue hearde of hym.

  • 31He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all:

  • John 8:21-22
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    21Then sayde Iesus againe vnto them: I go my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall dye in your synnes: Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

    22Then sayde the Iewes: Wyll he kyll hym selfe, because he saith, whyther I go, thyther can ye not come?

  • 16They are not of the worlde, as I also am not of the worlde.

  • 28I went out from the father, and came into the worlde: Agayne, I leaue the worlde, and go to the father.

  • John 8:12-15
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    12Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

    13The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.

    14Iesus aunswered, & saide vnto them: Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true. For I knowe whence I came, & whyther I go: But ye can not tel whence I come, and whyther I go.

    15Ye iudge after the fleshe, I iudge no man.

  • John 3:11-13
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    11Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, we speake that we do knowe, & testifie that we haue seene: and ye receaue not our witnesse.

    12If I haue tolde you earthly thynges, and ye beleue not: howe shall ye beleue, yf I tell you of heauenly thynges?

    13And no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that came downe from heauen, euen the sonne of man which is in heauen.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then cryed Iesus in the temple, as he taught, saying: Ye both knowe me, and whence I am, ye knowe. And I am not come of my selfe: but he that set me is true, whom ye knowe not.

    29But I knowe him, for I am of him, and he hath sent me.

  • John 8:41-43
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    41Ye do the deedes of your father. Then said they to him: We be not borne of fornication, we haue one father, euen God.

    42Iesus saide vnto them: Yf God were your father, truely ye woulde loue me: For I proceaded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

    43Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.

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    36Iesus aunswered: My kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde, then woulde my seruauntes surely fyght, that I shoulde not be deliuered to the Iewes: but now is my kyngdome not from hence.

    37Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym: Art thou a kyng then? Iesus aunswered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this cause am I borne, & for this cause came I into the worlde, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: And all that are of the trueth, heare my voyce.

  • John 8:45-47
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    45And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not.

    46Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me?

    47He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God.

  • John 7:33-34
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    33Then sayde Iesus vnto them: yet am I a litle whyle with you, and then go I vnto hym that sent me.

    34Ye shall seke me, & shall not fynde me: & where I am thither can ye not come.

  • 28Then saide Iesus vnto them: When ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man, then shall ye knowe that I am he, and that I do nothyng of my selfe: but as my father hath taught me, euen so I speake these thynges.

  • 14I haue geuen them thy worde, and the worlde hath hated them, because they are not of the worlde, euen as I also am not of the worlde.

  • John 8:37-38
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    37I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but ye seke meanes to kyll me, because my worde hath no place in you.

    38I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

  • 33Litle children, yet a litle whyle am I with you. Ye shall seeke me: and as I sayde vnto the Iewes, whither I go, thither can ye not come. Also to you say I nowe:

  • 36What maner of saying is this that he sayde, ye shall seke me, and shall not fynde me: and where I am, thyther can ye not come?

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    30Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you: For the prince of this worlde cometh, and hath nought in me.

    31But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father: And as the father gaue me commaundement, euen so do I. Ryse, let vs go hence.

  • 8Iesus aunswered, I haue tolde you that I am he: Yf ye seke me therefore, let these go their way.

  • 5As long as I am in the world, I am the lyght of the worlde.

  • 38For I came downe from heauen, not to do that I wyll: but that he wyll, which hath sent me.

  • 19If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.

  • 55And yet ye haue not knowen him, but I knowe hym: And if I say I knowe hym not, I shalbe a lyer lyke vnto you. But I knowe hym, & kepe his saying.

  • John 6:41-42
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    41The Iewes then murmured at him, because he sayde, I am the bread of life which came downe from heauen.

    42And they saide: Is not this Iesus, ye sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother we knowe? Howe is it then that he sayth, I came downe from heauen?

  • 28Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you, I go away, and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye woulde veryly reioyce, because I sayde, I go vnto the father: for the father is greater then I.

  • 51And he sayth vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, hereafter shall ye see heauen open, and the Angels of God ascendyng & descendyng vpon the sonne of man.

  • 58Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly, veryly I saye vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

  • 19Yet a litle whyle, and the worlde shall see me no more: but ye shall see me, because I lyue, and ye shall lyue also.

  • 9I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast geuen me, for they are thyne.

  • 38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

  • 16After a whyle, and ye shall not see me, and agayne after a whyle ye shall see me: for I go to the father.

  • 51I am that lyuyng bread, which came downe from heauen. Yf any man eate of this bread, he shall lyue for euer. And the bread that I wyl geue, is my fleshe, whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde.