1 John 4:5
They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.
John 17:14
I have given them Thy Message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
John 8:23
"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.
John 17:16
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Luke 16:8
"And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.
John 7:6-7
"My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any time is suitable.
John 15:19-20
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.
2 Timothy 4:3
For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;
2 Peter 2:2-3
And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.
Revelation 12:9
The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.