Reference: World
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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, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.
"He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them.
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.
And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."
One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world And this took place in the reign of Claudius.
But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which 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.
And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
From men with Your hand, O LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes.
The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
"If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them.
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Before the LORD, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth He will judge the world in righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness.
Before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.
He has made everything appropriate in its time He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it.
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
"Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
"And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. read more. "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
"So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old--
"For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
"And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life."
Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.
And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." read more. His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME."
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
"For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world."
for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh."
"For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
"Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."
"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. "If anyone hears My sayings and does not 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 sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
"I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
"I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.
"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO.
"The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
Let no man deceive himself If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?
and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.
But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.
and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,
and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME;
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever."
And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!