Cross references
John 8:23
Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 8:23 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:31 (11 votes) and 1 John 2:15–16 (10 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Job 36 to 1 John 5.
Which verses does John 8:23 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- John 3:3111 votes
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
- 1 John 2:15–1610 votes
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- John 17:148 votes
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- John 17:168 votes
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Psalm 17:45 votes
As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- 1 John 4:5–65 votes
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- John 3:134 votes
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- Romans 8:7–84 votes
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
- James 4:44 votes
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- 1 John 5:19–204 votes
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- John 1:143 votes
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 15:18–193 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:47–483 votes
- James 3:15–173 votes
- Philippians 3:19–212 votes
Which verses point to John 8:23?
The 10 strongest of 17.