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

^31 (A)He who comes from above ^(B)is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and ^(C)speaks in an earthly way. ^(D)He who comes from heaven ^(E)is above all.

Do Not Love the World

^15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—^(C)the desires of the flesh and ^(D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life^[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.

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

^16 (A)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

^5 (A)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^(B)the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God. ^(C)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(D)the Spirit of truth and ^(E)the spirit of error.

¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and ^(A)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come and ^(B)has given us understanding, so that we may know ^(C)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and ^(D)eternal life.

^4 (A)You adulterous people!^[a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^(B)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

¹⁵ This is not ^(A)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^(B)demonic. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. ¹⁷ But ^(C)the wisdom from above is first pure, then ^(D)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, ^(E)full of mercy and good fruits, ^(F)impartial and ^(G)sincere.