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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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So she let them down by a rope through the window, since her house was built into the town wall where she lived.
He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.
Now in those days an order was published by Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered.
The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.
Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"
One of them named Agabus got up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world. This happened during the reign of Claudius.
But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!
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In the beginning, God created the universe.
The priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan River.
He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people.
from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.
The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.
"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.
Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.
Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains you established them.
Before the mountains were formed or the earth and the world were brought forth, you are God from eternity to eternity.
in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.
in the LORD's presence, who comes to judge the earth; He'll judge the world righteously; and its people fairly.
He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end.
I'll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I'll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.
"Come near, you nations, to listen, and pay attention, you nations! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes out of it.
"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
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 one to come."
As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.
while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one. The enemy who sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. read more. Just as weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at end of the age.
That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,
because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.
"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,
I tell all of you with certainty, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."
teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."
but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.
What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.
just as he promised long ago through the mouth of his holy prophets
What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?
The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own.
who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come."
Jesus told them, "Those who belong to this age marry and are married, but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.
This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.
The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
After making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the Temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables. Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" read more. His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life. Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.
Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.
But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."
They kept telling the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, because now we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the Savior of the world."
At certain times an angel of the Lord would go down into the pool and stir up the water, and whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One particular man was there who had been ill for 38 years.
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the Son can do nothing on his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing, What the Father does, the Son does likewise.
The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its actions are evil.
Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world.
As long as I'm in the world, I'm the light of the world."
Ever since creation it has never been heard that anyone healed the eyes of a man who was born blind.
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"
Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
I've come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me won't remain in the darkness. If anyone hears my words and doesn't keep them, I don't condemn him, because I didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it.
If anyone hears my words and doesn't keep them, I don't condemn him, because I didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it.
Now before the Passover Festival, Jesus realized that his hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.
I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.
I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.
"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.
"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you'll cry and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You'll be deeply distressed, but your pain will turn into joy.
I have made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
yet he has not abandoned his witness: he continues to do good, to give you rain from heaven, to give you fruitful seasons, and to fill you with food and your hearts with joy."
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by human hands,
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus the Messiah for all of you, because the news about your faith is being reported throughout the world.
For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes his eternal power and divine nature have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.
Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned.
Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe through the nonsense of our preaching.
But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed. And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,
However, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.
None of the rulers of this world understood it, because if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God.
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise. For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise with their own trickery,"
After all, is it my business to judge outsiders? You are to judge those who are in the community, aren't you? God will judge outsiders. "Expel that wicked man."
You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?
and those who use the things in the world as though they were not dependent on them. For the world in its present form is passing away.
But a married man is concerned about things of this world, that is, about how he can please his wife, and so his attention is divided.
These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained.
For as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But everything comes from God.
But if anyone wants to argue about this, we do not have any custom like this, nor do any of God's churches.
Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.
Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.
for through the Messiah, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us.
He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.
For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the gentiles.
I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.
But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!
He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.
that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.
so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus.
as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.
He has told us about your love in the Spirit.
and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
He is coming with Onesimus, that faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.
Now to the King Eternal the immortal, invisible, and only God be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.
It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age
has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.
Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,
who have tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the coming age,
Then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the creation of the world. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once for all to remove sin by his sacrifice.
For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.
By faith we understand that time was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are invisible.
All these people won approval for their faith but they did not receive what was promised, since God had planned something better for us, so that they would not be perfected without us.
Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?
But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have actions." Show me your faith without any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.
You see that his faith worked together with what he did, and by his actions his faith was made complete.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely.
You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure. You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.
When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."
They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.