Luk 16:8, Joh 8:23, 15:19, 17:14, 1Jo 4:4-5 | ESV | STEP | The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness . For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light .

Luke 16:8

8 The master commended the dishonest manager for his ^ashrewdness. For ^bthe sons of this world ^{▼▼Greek age} are ^dmore shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ^ethe sons of light.

John 8:23

23 He said to them, ^f“You are from below; I am from above. ^gYou are of this world; ^hI am not of this world.

John 15:19

19 ⁱIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^jyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 17:14

14 ^kI have given them your word, and ^lthe world has hated them ^mbecause they are not of the world, ⁿjust as I am not of the world.

1 John 4:4-5

4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^ohe who is in you is greater than ^phe who is in the world. 5 ^qThey are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^rthe world listens to them.