⁵ They are from the world^(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

²³ But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^(A)

² Many will follow their depraved conduct^(A) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. ³ In their greed^(B) these teachers will exploit you^(C) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

³¹ The one who comes from above^(A) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.^(B) The one who comes from heaven is above all.

⁹ The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent^(A) called the devil,^(B) or Satan,^(C) who leads the whole world astray.^(D) He was hurled to the earth,^(E) and his angels with him.

³ For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.^(A) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.^(B)