1 John 4:5
They are of the world: there fore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 3:31
He that comes from above, is over all. He that is from the earth, is from the earth, and speaks from the earth. He that comes from heaven, is over all;
John 8:23
And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
John 17:16
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he acted prudently. For the children of this age are more prudent toward their generation than the children of light.
John 7:6-7
Then Jesus said to them: My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready.
John 15:19-20
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires they will pro cure for themselves an abundance of teachers to gratify their itching ears:
2 Peter 2:2-3
and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.