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.

^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.

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—the lust of the flesh, ^(C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

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

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.

^5 (A)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and ^(B)the world hears them. ⁶ We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. ^(C)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and ^(A)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

²⁰ And we know that the ^(B)Son of God has come and ^(C)has given us an understanding, ^(D)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ^(E)This is the true God ^(F)and eternal life.

^4 [a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that ^(A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^(B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

^15 (A)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. ¹⁶ For ^(B)where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. ¹⁷ But ^(C)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, ^(D)without partiality ^(E)and without hypocrisy.