'Of the World' in the Bible

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world -- how she may please her husband.