^5 (A)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and ^(B)the world hears them.

²³ And He said to them, ^(A)“You are from beneath; I am from above. ^(B)You are of this world; I am not of this world.

² And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³ By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction ^[a]does not slumber.

¹⁴ I have given them Your word; ^(A)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^(B)just as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

^31 (A)He who comes from above ^(B)is above all; ^(C)he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. ^(D)He who comes from heaven is above all.

⁹ So ^(A)the great dragon was cast out, ^(B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, ^(C)who deceives the whole world; ^(D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

^3 (A)For the time will come when they will not endure ^(B)sound doctrine, ^(C)but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;