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The earth on which we dwell, 1Sa 2:8; its inhabitants, Joh 3:16, or a large number of them, Joh 12:19. In several places it is equivalent to "land," meaning the Roman Empire, or Judea and its vicinity, Lu 2:1; 4:3; Ac 11:28. It also denotes the objects and interests of time and sense, Ga 6:14; 1Jo 2:15.
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Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was [built] into the wall of the city.
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the garbage pile. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord's; He has set the world on them.
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus 14; also known as Octavian, he established the peaceful era known as the Pax Romana; Caesar was a title of Roman emperors. that the whole empire should be registered.
The Devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
"For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Then the Pharisees said to one another, "You see? You've accomplished nothing. Look-the world has gone after Him!"
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius. 41-54; there was a famine a.d. 47-48.
But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The priests carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the peoples with fairness.
With Your hand, Lord, [save me] from men, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what You have in store, their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children.
The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord;
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.
Look at them-the wicked! They are always at ease, and they increase their wealth.
The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it-You founded them.
Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are God.
before the Lord, for He is coming- for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with His faithfulness.
before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world righteously and the peoples fairly.
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.
I will bring disaster on the world, and their [own] iniquity, on the wicked. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that comes from it.
"You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.
Now the one sown among the thorns-this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
the field is the world; and the good seed-these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. read more. Therefore just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,
What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?"
For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn't taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
I assure you: Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her."
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?
who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time-houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions-and eternal life in the age to come.
just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets in ancient times;
What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?
"The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light [in dealing] with their own people.
who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come."
Jesus told them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was created through Him, yet the world did not recognize Him.
He was in the world, and the world was created through Him, yet the world did not recognize Him.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well.
After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers' coins and overturned the tables. He told those who were selling doves, "Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!" read more. And His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for Your house will consume Me.
"For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
"This, then, is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again-ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life."
And they told the woman, "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world."
because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had]. One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.
Then Jesus replied, "I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does these things in the same way.
For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh."
For no one does anything in secret while he's seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it-that its deeds are evil.
Then Jesus spoke to them again: "I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life."
"You are from below," He told them, "I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind."
Then the Pharisees said to one another, "You see? You've accomplished nothing. Look-the world has gone after Him!"
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness. If anyone hears My words and doesn't keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
If anyone hears My words and doesn't keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn't see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.
I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.
I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.
"If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you.
"If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love [you as] its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
"I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
I have revealed Your name to the men You gave Me from the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
because the words that You gave Me, I have given them. They have received them and have known for certain that I came from You. They have believed that You sent Me.
I have given them Your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did good: giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness."
The God who made the world and everything in it-He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.
From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made the world's wisdom foolish?
Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made the world's wisdom foolish? For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.
Instead, God has chosen the world's foolish things to shame the wise, and God has chosen the world's weak things to shame the strong. God has chosen the world's insignificant and despised things-the things viewed as nothing-so He might bring to nothing the things that are viewed as something,
However, among the mature we do speak a wisdom, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
None of the rulers of this age knew it, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, in order to know what has been freely given to us by God.
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness -
For what is it to me to judge outsiders? Do you not judge those who are inside? But God judges outsiders. Put away the evil person from among yourselves.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
But a married man is concerned about the things of the world-how he may please his wife- and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world-how she may please her husband.
Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.
But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.
but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
but when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned with the world.
Regarding them: the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
For He who was at work with Peter in the apostleship to the circumcised was also at work with me among the Gentiles.
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.
But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
in which you previously walked according to this worldly age, according to the ruler of the atmospheric domain, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace in [His] kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Hold firmly the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn't run in vain or labor for nothing.
and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
Slaves, obey your human masters in everything; don't work only while being watched, in order to please men, but [work] wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
He is with Onesimus, a faithful and loved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,
In these last days, He has spoken to us by [His] Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things and through whom He made the universe.
Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,
tasted God's good word and the powers of the coming age,
Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Therefore, as He was coming into the world, He said: You did not want sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for Me.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.
All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?
But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works.
You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment;
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our [bodies]; it pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.
Who is wise and understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom's gentleness.
You ask and don't receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your desires for pleasure. Adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world's friend becomes God's enemy.
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the [kingdom] of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever!
They sang the song of God's servant Moses, and the song of the Lamb: Great and awe-inspiring are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are Your ways, King of the Nations.