²³ But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^(A)

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you^(A) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.^(B)

¹⁶ For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,^(A) the lust of the eyes,^(B) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

⁵ They are from the world^(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.