Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall.

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."

And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.

and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. read more. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.

So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?"

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, 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 does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

And 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 to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade." 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 Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

And he had to pass through Samaria.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."

One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You 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."

Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words 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 words 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, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

"I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

known from of old.'

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Where is the one who is wise? 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 did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, 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, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"

For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you."

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.

If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience--

so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,

for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, 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 shall reign forever and ever."

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!