John 8:23 “Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of th…”

John 8:23

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

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.

Darby Translation

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

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

Bible in Basic English

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

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Cross references

“Ye are from”

John 3:31 Psalm 17:4 John 3:13 John 1:14 James 3:15–17 Philippians 3:19–21

John 3:31 · BSB

The 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.

Psalm 17:4 · BSB

As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

John 3:13 · BSB

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 1:14 · BSB

The 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.

James 3:15–17 · BSB

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Philippians 3:19–21 · BSB

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

“ye are of”

John 17:14 John 17:16 James 4:4 John 15:18 John 15:19 1 John 4:5

John 17:14 · BSB

I 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.

John 17:16 · BSB

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

James 4:4 · BSB

You 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.

John 15:18 · BSB

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

John 15:19 · BSB

If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

1 John 4:5 · BSB

They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

Read John 8