'World' in the Bible

The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.

Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:

Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.

Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.

Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.