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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NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.
And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal.
Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.
And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,
Hastings
WORLD
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Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid that is situated on an eminence.
And whosoever may speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
But the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
the field is the world: and the good seed are those who are the children of the kingdom; but the zizane are the children of the wicked one; the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. read more. As therefore the zizane are gathered, and burned in the fire; just so shall it be at the end of this world.
Just so shall it be at the end of this world: the angels shall go forth, and shall separate the wicked from amidst the just,
For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?
Then as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall there things be? and what is the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age?
For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be.
Then shall the King say to those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Verily I say unto you, Wherever this Gospel is preached through the whole world, what she hath done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo! I am with you at all times even to the end of the world. Amen.
but the anxious cares of this world, and the seducing nature of wealth, and inordinate desires after other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul?
who shall not receive an hundred-fold more now, at this very time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution, and in the world to come life everlasting.
as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been from the beginning:
For what advantage hath a man in gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with the loss of life?
And the master praised the unjust steward, because he had acted providently: for the children of this world are more provident among their own generation of men, than the children of light.
who shall not receive back manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
And Jesus in reply said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they who are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
He was that true Light, which illumines every man by his coming into the world.
He was that true Light, which illumines every man by his 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.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,
So Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.
and having made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and scattered the money of the exchangers, and overturned the tables; and said to those who sold doves, Take these hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. read more. Then the disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up."
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved.
Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
but whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him, he shall no more thirst to eternity; but the water which I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal.
and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.
For occasionally an angel descended into the pool, and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first stepped in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever complaint he had laboured. And there was a certain man there, who had a complaint of thirty years standing.
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing by himself, except what he hath seen the Father do: for whatsoever things he doeth, the same and in the same manner doth the Son.
For he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world, is the bread of God.
I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
For no man doeth any thing in secret, yet seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these things, exhibit thyself to the world.
The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those 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.
From the creation of the world hath it never been heard, that any man opened the eyes of one born blind.
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not may see; and they who see become blind.
Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out [of it].
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out [of it].
I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end.
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I shall not speak many things more with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath no part.
I shall not speak many things more with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath no part.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.
If the world hate you, ye know that it 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 elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you.
and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.
and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
I have made known thy name to the persons whom thou gavest me out of the world: for thee they had a being, and to me thou hast given them; and thy word have they kept.
For the declarations which thou gavest to me I have delivered to them; and they have received them, and have known assuredly that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou hast sent me.
I have given them thy word and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even 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.
Although indeed he left not himself untestified of, doing us good, giving us from heaven showers, and fruitful seasons, replenishing our hearts with food and gladness.
The God who created the world, and all things in it, he that is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples of man's construction;
First then I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is proclaimed through the whole world.
For from the creation of the world his invisible perfections, discoverable in the works that are made, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are inexcusable:
Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; even so death passed into all men through him, in whom all have sinned.
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Where is the sophist? where is the scribe? where is the inquisitive searcher after this world's wisdom? hath not God turned into folly the wisdom of this world?
Where is the sophist? where is the scribe? where is the inquisitive searcher after this world's wisdom? hath not God turned into folly the wisdom of this world? for since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
but the foolish things of this world hath God elected, that he might confound the wise; and the feeble things of the world hath God elected, that he might confound the mighty; and the ignoble things of the world, and the despicable, hath God elected, and the things that are not, to bring to nought the things which are,
But we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are destroying themselves:
which none of the rulers of this world have known: for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinketh himself a wise man in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly in the sight of God. For it is written, "He entangleth the wise in their own craftiness."
For what call have I to judge those who are without? Do not ye judge those who are within [the church]? But those who are without God judgeth. Put then away that wicked man from among yourselves.
Know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to be judges in the smallest matters?
and they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife. A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.
Now all these things happened unto them as examples, but they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come.
For as the woman was taken out of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things are of God.
But if any man mean to be contentious about it, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.
But being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.
But being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we might not be condemned with the world.
among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.
namely, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing to them their offences: and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might pluck us out of this present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father:
(for he that wrought powerfully by Peter in his apostolic mission to the circumcision, wrought mightily also by me among the Gentiles.)
I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; though no more I, but Christ liveth in me: and my present life in the flesh, is a life by faith in the Son of God, who hath loved me, and delivered up himself for me.
So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles of the world:
But now after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a second time ye desire to be in bondage?
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,
far above all principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;
wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:
That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus.
holding up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;
Servants, obey in all things your masters after the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but, in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
with Onesimus, that faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you: they will make known unto you all things that have passed here.
Now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
All things indeed are clean to the clean: but to the defiled and to the unbelievers there is nothing clean; but their very mind and conscience are defiled.
instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;
in these last days hath spoken to us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Forasmuch therefore as it remaineth for some to enter into it, and they who first had the gospel preached to them entered not in because of unbelief;
and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
(for in that case he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world:) but now once for all at the consummation of the ages hath he been manifested for the abolishing sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, "Sacrifice and oblation thou hast not chosen, but thou hast exactly fashioned a body for me:
By faith we understand that the worlds were exactly formed by the word of God, so that the visible objects were not made out of things which now appear.
And these all though having obtained a testimony by faith, received not the promise: God having provided for us something better, that without us they should not attain to perfection.
Hear me, my beloved brethren. Hath not God elected the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to those who love him;
Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee by my works my faith.
Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith consummated.
MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of hell.
Who is a wise man and intelligent among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
Ye ask, and receive nothing, because ye ask vilely, in order to consume it on your sensual appetites. Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become our Lord's, and his Messiah's, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And they sung the sacred ode of Moses the servant of the Lord, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of saints.