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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It came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Augustus Caesar, to enroll all the world.
And the devil said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, speak to this stone, in order that it may become bread.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life.
Then the Pharisees said to one another, You see, that you are prevailing as to nothing: behold, the world has gone away after Him.
And one of them by name Agabus, standing up, signified through the Spirit that there is about to be a great famine throughout the whole world: which took place under the reign of Claudius.
But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world:
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Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven unto him: but whosoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven unto him, either in this age, or that which is to come.
But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one, and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels. read more. Then as the tares are gathered and burnt up with fire; so it will be in the end of the age.
So it will be in the end of the age: the angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,
For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives; the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age?
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world even until now nor ever may be.
Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Truly I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel may be preached in all the world, that which she did shall indeed be spoken of for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the age.
and the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and desires concerning other things coming into them, choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
except he may receive a hundredfold now in this time, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age eternal life.
As he spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning;
For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself?
And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light.
who may not receive a hundredfold in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.
And responding Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those counted worthy to attain that age and the resurrection, which is from the dead,
That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
and Jesus and His disciples were invited to the marriage.
and having made a scourge of cords, He cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the money of the exchangers, and over-turned the tables. And He said to those selling doves; Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise. read more. And His disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house doth eat me up.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.
For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.
And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.
but whosoever may drink of the water that I shall give to him shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give to him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
and they continued to say to the woman, We no longer believe through your talk; for we have heard and we know that He is truly the Savior of the world.
OMITTED TEXT And a certain man was there, being thirty-eight years in his infirmity;
Then Jesus responded and said to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, The Son is not able to do anything Himself, unless He may see the Father doing it: for whatsoever He may do, the Son likewise also doeth the same.
For the bread of God is the One coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.
I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
The world is not able to hate you; but it hates me, because I testify against it, that its works are evil.
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.
And He said to them, You are from beneath; 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.
It was never heard of from the beginning that any one opened the eyes of a man who was born blind:
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see; and those seeing may be made blind.
Then the Pharisees said to one another, You see, that you are prevailing as to nothing: behold, the world has gone away after Him.
Now is the judgment of this world: now the prince of this world shall be cast out.
Now is the judgment of this world: now the prince of this world shall be cast out.
I have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness. And if any one may hear my words, and not keep them, I do not judge him: for I came not that I may judge the world, but that I may save the world.
And if any one may hear my words, and not keep them, I do not judge him: for I came not that I may judge the world, but that I may save the world.
And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly.
the Spirit of truth: which the world is not able to receive, because it does not see Him, nor know Him: you know Him: because He abideth with you, and shall be in you.
I shall no longer speak many things with you, because the prince of the world comes: and he has nothing in me;
I shall no longer speak many things with you, because the prince of the world comes: and he has nothing in me;
If the world hates you, know that it first hated me.
If the world hates you, know that it first hated me. If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.
and concerning judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
and concerning judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, that you will weep and mourn, and the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
I have manifested thy name, to the men whom thou didst give me out of the world. They were thine, and thou didst give them to me; and they have kept thy word:
because the words which thou didst give me I have given unto them; and they received them, and they know truly that I came out from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
I have given unto them thy word; and the world 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.
indeed he did not leave himself without witnesses, doing good, giving to you the rains from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
God having made the world and all things which are in it, being himself Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:
Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned;
and he not fashioned after this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness?
Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness? For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong; and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,
But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:
which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.
Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
For why is it for me to judge the outsiders? Do you not judge those within? But God will judge those without. Take away the wicked person from you, yourselves.
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the smallest judgments?
and those using the world, as those not using it thoroughly: for the fashion of this world is passing away.
but the one having married cares for the things of the world, in order that he may please his wife. A wife and a virgin truly also differ: the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but she having married cares for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.
But these things happened unto them as examples; and were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have descended.
For as the woman is from the man, so the man also is by the woman; and all things from God.
If any one seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.
But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.
in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.
as that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their transgressions to them, even having placed in us the word of reconciliation.
who gave Himself for our sins, in order that he might redeem us from the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father:
for the one having wrought with Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision also wrought with me unto the Gentiles:
I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world:
above all government, and authority, and power, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but in the age to come:
in which at one time you walked about according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience;
in order that he may show in coming ages the superabounding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
having the word of life; unto my boasting in the day of Christ, because I did not run in vain, neither did I labor in vain.
who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Ye servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, pleasing men, but of purity of heart, fearing the Lord.
along with our faithful and beloved brother, Onesimus, who is from you; they will truly make known all things to you.
But to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age;
whom he put forth the heir of all things, and through whom he created the ages;
Then since it remains that some do enter into it, and those formerly having had the gospel preached unto them did not enter in on account of unbelief,
and having tasted the beautiful word of God, and the dynamites of the coming age,
since it behooved him frequently to suffer from the foundation of the world: but now in the end of the ages he has been made manifest unto the removal of sin through the sacrifice of himself.
Therefore, coming into the world, he says; Sacrifice an offering thou willest not, but thou hast perfected for me a body:
By faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that which was seen was not made from things which are manifest.
And all these, having received the witness of the spirit through faith, did not obtain the promise: God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.
Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?
But one will say, You have faith, and I have works: Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
You see that faith wrought with his works, and by works the faith was made perfect;
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show forth out of beautiful conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures. O adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whosoever therefore may wish to be the friend of the world renders himself the enemy of God.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and his Christ; and he will reign until the ages of the ages.
And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Omnipotent; true and righteous are thy ways, thou King of the nations: