John 8:23 · KJV
“And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.”
— John 8:23
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.
John 8 — Context
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.
25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even {the same} that I said unto you from the beginning.
Cross References
John 3:31
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.
1 John 2:15-16
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.
John 17:14
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.
John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 John 4:5-6
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
Psalms 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer.
1 John 5:19-20
{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
James 4:4
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.