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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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About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire.
So the Devil said to him: "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.
So the Pharisees said to one another: "You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!"
One of them, named Agabus, came forward and, under the influence of the Spirit, foretold a great famine that was to spread over all the world--a famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius.
But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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It is you who are the Light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden.
Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in the present age, or in the age to come.
By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.
The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked, And the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest-time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. read more. And, just as the tares are gathered and burnt, so it will be at the close of the age.
So will it be at the close of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous,
What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?
So, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said: "Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your Coming, and of the close of the age."
for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.
Then the King will say to those on his right 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter upon possession of the Kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.
I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, this Good News is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her."
And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."
But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.
What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
Who will not receive a hundred times as much, even now in the present--houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though not without persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, Immortal Life.
As he promised by the lips of his Holy Prophets of old--
What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?
His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light.
Who will not receive many times as much in the present, and in the age that is coming Immortal Life."
"The men and women of this world," said Jesus, "marry and are given in marriage; But, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,
That was the True Light which enlightens every man coming into the world.
That was the True Light which enlightens every man coming into the world. He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.
He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.
The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!
Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.
So he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the Temple Courts, and the sheep and bullocks as well; he scattered the money of the money-changers, and overturned their tables, And said to the pigeon-dealers: "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's House into a market-house." read more. His disciples remembered that Scripture said--'Zeal for thy House will consume me.'
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."
And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."
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So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
For the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world."
I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."
For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world."
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."
"You," added Jesus, "are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one's giving sight to a person born blind.
And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."
So the Pharisees said to one another: "You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!"
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;
I have come as a Light into the world, that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness. When any one hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
When any one hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.
The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.
I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;
I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;
If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.
If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you.
As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.
As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.
In truth I tell you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will suffer pain, but your pain shall turn to joy.
I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.
For I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.
I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
They do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself--sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer."
The God who made the world and all things that are in it-- he, Lord as he is of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands,
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.
For ever since the creation of the universe God's invisible attributes-his everlasting power and divinity-are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse;
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all mankind, because all men had sinned.
Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Where is the Philosopher? where the Teacher of the Law? where the Disputant of to-day? Has not God shown the world's philosophy to be folly?
Where is the Philosopher? where the Teacher of the Law? where the Disputant of to-day? Has not God shown the world's philosophy to be folly? For since the world, in God's wisdom, did not by its philosophy learn to know God, God saw fit, by the 'folly' of our proclamation, to save those who believe in Christ!
But God chose what the world counts foolish to put its wise men to shame, and God chose what the world counts weak to put its strong things to shame, And God chose what the world counts poor and insignificant-- things that to it are unreal-to bring its 'realities' to nothing,
Yet there is a philosophy that we teach to those whose faith is matured, but it is not the philosophy of to-day, nor that of the leaders of to-day-men whose downfall is at hand.
This philosophy is not known to any of the leaders of to-day; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified our glorified Lord.
And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise. For in God's sight this world's wisdom is folly. Scripture tells of-'One who catches the wise in their own craftiness,'
What have I to do with judging those outside the Church? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church, While God judges those who are outside? 'Put away the wicked man from among you.'
Do not you know that Christ's People will try the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try the most trivial cases?
And those who use the good things of the world as using them sparingly; for this world as we see it is passing away.
While the married man is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please his wife; And so his interests are divided. Again, the unmarried woman, whether she is old or young, is anxious about the Master's Cause, striving to be pure both in body and in spirit, while the married woman is anxious about worldly matters, desiring to please her husband.
These things happened to them by way of warning, and were recorded to serve as a caution to us, in whose days the close of the ages has come.
For just as woman came from man, so man comes by means of woman; and all things come from God.
If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.
Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed upon us with the rest of the world.
Yet, in being judged by the Lord, we are undergoing discipline, so that we may not have judgment passed upon us with the rest of the world.
Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.
To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning men's offenses against them, and that he had entrusted us with the Message of this reconciliation.
Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,
For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And so is it with us; when we were under age, as it were, we were slaves to the puerile teaching of this world;
But now that you have found God--or, rather, have been found by him--how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?
But, for my part, may I never boast of anything except the cross of Jesus Christ, our Master, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
And above every name that can be named, whether in the present age, or in the age to come.
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.
In order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving- kindness.
Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.
And who told us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you.
And you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ's People in the realms of Light.
Slaves, always obey your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had but to please men, but giving them ungrudging service, in your reverence for the Master.
With him will be Onesimus, our dear faithful Brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you all that is going on here.
To the Immortal King, ever-living, invisible, the one God, be ascribed honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.
leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,
has in these latter days spoken to us by the Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
Since, then, there is still a promise that some shall enter upon this Rest, and since those who were first told the Good News did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,
and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age--
for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.
That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body;
Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God--so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things.
Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfillment of God's promise; since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.
Listen, my dear Brothers. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
Some one, indeed, may say--"You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action." "Then show me your faith," I reply, "apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions."
You see how, in his case, faith and actions went together; that his faith was perfected as the result of his actions;
I do not want many of you, my Brothers, to become teachers, knowing, as you do, that we who teach shall be judged by a more severe standard than others.
And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.
Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? Let him show that his actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.
You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose--to spend what you get upon your pleasures. Unfaithful people! Do not you know that to be friends with the world means to be at enmity with God? Therefore whoever chooses to be friends with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
Then the seventh angel blew; and loud voices were heard in Heaven saying-- 'The Kingdom of the World has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.'
They are singing the song of Moses, the Servant of God, and the song of the Lamb-- 'Great and marvelous are thy deeds, O Lord, our God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, Eternal King.