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 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 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 17:16
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
John 1:14
And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.
John 3:13
There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.
John 15:18-19
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
Romans 8:7-8
Abandonment to earthly things is a state of enmity to God. Such a mind does not submit to God's Law, and indeed cannot do so.
Philippians 3:19-21
Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.
James 3:15-17
That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
James 4:4
You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
1 John 4:5-6
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.
1 John 5:19-20
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one.
1 Corinthians 15:47-48
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.