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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And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.
But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.
And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.
and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.
But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
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1. In OT.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.
From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.
{Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.
Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.
And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.
And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels. read more. As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.
Thus shall it be in the completion of the age: the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just,
For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and the completion of the age?
for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be;
Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation:
Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.
and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;
For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.
And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage, but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.
He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
And Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.
and, having made a scourge of cords, he cast them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the change of the money-changers, and overturned the tables, and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. read more. And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.
For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.
And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.
and they said to the woman, It is no longer on account of thy saying that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under. But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years.
Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself save whatever he sees the Father doing: for whatever things he does, these things also the Son does in like manner.
For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be known in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world:
The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye 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.
Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.
And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.
Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out:
Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out:
I am come into the world as light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness; and if any one hear my words and do not keep them, I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
and if any one hear my words and do not keep them, I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.
I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world comes, and in me he has nothing;
I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world comes, and in me he has nothing;
If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.
If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.
I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.
for the words which thou hast given me I have given them, and they have received them, and have known truly that I came out from thee, and have believed that thou sentest me.
I have given them thy word, and the world has 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.
though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.
for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity, so as to render them inexcusable.
For this cause, even as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; and thus death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things; and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)
But we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:
Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness.
For what have I to do with judging those outside also? ye, do not ye judge them that are within? But those without God judges. Remove the wicked person from amongst yourselves.
Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of the smallest judgments?
and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.
but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.
Now all these things happened to them as types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman, but all things of God.
But if any one think to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the assemblies of God.
But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them.
how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.
who gave himself for our sins, so that he should deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father;
(for he that wrought in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)
I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, I, but Christ lives in me; but in that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
But far be it from me to boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.
who has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,
Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known to you everything here.
Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.
All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,
and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,
since he had then been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for the putting away of sin by his sacrifice.
Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but thou hast prepared me a body.
By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.
And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise, God having foreseen some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.
Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected.
Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
Who is wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures. Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages.
And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations.