They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Ver. 16. They are not of the world, &c.] Here indeed they have their commoration, but their conversation is in heaven, πολιτευμα, Philippians 2:21 : they are clothed with the Sun of righteousness, and have the moon (all earthly things) under their feet, Revelation 12:1. Pearls, though they grow in the sea, yet they have affinity with the heaven, the beauty and brightness whereof they resemble: so here. It is Chrysostom's comparison.