John 3:31

31The 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

19If 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 17:14

14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, for they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.John 8:16, 23; 15:18-19; 17:8; 1John 3:13
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