Joh 3:31, 15:19, 17:16, 1Jo 4:5 | ISV | STEP | The One Who Comes from Above The one who comes from above is over everything. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is over everything.

John 3:31

31 The One Who Comes from AboveThe one who comes from above is over everything. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. ^{▼▼Lit. of the earth} The one who comes from heaven is over everything.Matt 28:18; John 1:15, 27; 3:13; 6:33; 8:23; Rom 9:5; 1Cor 15:47; Eph 1:21; Phil 2:9

John 15:19

19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, ^{▼▼Lit. out of the world} the world hates you.John 17:14; 1John 4:5

John 17:16

16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 17:14

1 John 4:5

5 These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, ^{▼▼Lit. from the world} and the world listens to them.John 3:31; 15:19; 17:14