John 8:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

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  • John 3:31 : 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became 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.
  • 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • Jas 3:15-17 : 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.
  • Phil 3:19-21 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  • Rom 8:7-8 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  • 1 Cor 15:47-48 : 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

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  • John 8:24-26
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    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

    25Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • John 3:31
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    31He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

  • John 8:21-22
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    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

    22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he says, Where I go, you cannot come.

  • John 17:16
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    16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 16:28
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    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 8:12-15
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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

    13The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

  • John 3:11-13
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    11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.

    12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

    13No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

    29But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

  • John 8:41-43
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    41You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

    42Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

  • John 18:36-37
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    36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from here.

    37Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.

  • John 8:45-47
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    45And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

    47He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  • John 7:33-34
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    33Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me.

    34You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.

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    14I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 8:37-38
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    37I know that you are Abraham's descendants; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

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    33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I say to you.

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    36What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?

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    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,

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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 6:38
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    38For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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  • John 8:55
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  • John 6:41-42
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    41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

    42And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, I came down from heaven?

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    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

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    51And he said to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

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    58Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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    19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

  • John 17:9
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    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.

  • John 16:16
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    16In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

  • John 6:51
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    51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.