23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. …
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-30)Christ here gives fair warning to the careless unbelieving Jews to consider what would be the consequence of their infidelity, that they might prevent it before it was too late; for he spoke words of terror as well as words of grace. Observe here, I. The wrath threatened (John 8:21): Jesus said again unto them that which might be likely to do them good. He continued to teach, in kindness to those…
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