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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Then she let them go down by a cord through the window. For her house was on the town wall, and she lived on the wall.
He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to Jehovah are the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.
And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
And the Devil said to Him, If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it might become bread.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Then the Pharisees said among themselves, Do you see how you gain nothing? Behold, the world has gone after Him.
And one of them named Agabus stood up and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine over the world (which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar).
But may it never be for me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
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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 middle of Jordan. And all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed completely over Jordan.
And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who dwell in it.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world;
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness of it.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who are at ease in the world; they increase in riches.
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; You have founded the world and its fullness.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
before Jehovah; for He comes, for He comes to judge the earth; He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth.
before Jehovah; for He comes to judge the earth; with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples in uprightness.
He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants.
Come near, nations, to hear; and, you people, listen; let the earth hear, and its fullness; the world, and its offspring.
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this world or in the world to come.
And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.
the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil 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. Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world.
So it shall be at the end of the world. The angels shall come out and separate the wicked from among the just,
For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?
for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.
Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in the whole world, that which this woman has done shall be spoken of also, for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the world. Amen.
and the cares of this world, and the deceit of riches, and the lust about other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.
as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from eternity;
For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and loses himself, or is cast away?
And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and, in the world to come everlasting life.
And answering, Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage, but they who shall be counted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage.
He was the true Light; He enlightens every man coming into the world.
He was the true Light; He enlightens every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
The next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
And Jesus and His disciples were both invited to the marriage.
And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, also the sheep and the oxen. And He poured out the money-changers' money and overthrew the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away from here. Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise. read more. And His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of Your house has eaten Me up."
For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
And they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of your saying, for we have heard Him ourselves and know that this is truly the Christ, the Savior of the world.
For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and troubled the water. Then whoever first stepped in after the troubling of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had. And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
Then Jesus answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of Himself but what He sees the Father do. For whatever things He does, these also 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 which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
For no one does anything in secret, while he himself seeks to be in public. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of 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.
As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
From everlasting it was not heard that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
And Jesus said, I have come into this world for judgment, that they who do not see might see, and that they who see might be made blind.
Then the Pharisees said among themselves, Do you see how you gain nothing? Behold, the world has 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 have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes on Me should not remain in darkness. And if any one hears My Words and does not believe, I do not judge him, for I do not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
And if any one hears My Words and does not believe, I do not judge him, for I do not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
And before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come when He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own in the world, He loved them to the end.
the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him nor know Him. But you know Him, for He dwells with you and shall be in you.
I shall no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of this world comes, and he has nothing in Me.
I shall no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of this world comes, and he has nothing in Me.
If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 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, 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 that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
I have revealed Your name to the men whom You gave to Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
For I have given to them the Words which You gave Me, and they have received them and have known surely that I came out 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, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful season to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
All His works are known to God from eternity.
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is 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 spoken of throughout the whole world.
For the unseen things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being realized by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, for them to be without excuse.
Therefore, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed on all men inasmuch as all sinned:
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom did not know God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;
But, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nothing.
which none of the rulers of this world knew (for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory).
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool so that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, "He takes the wise in their own craftiness."
For what is it to me to also judge those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But God judges those who are outside. Therefore put out from you the evil one.
Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
And they who use this world are as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how to please his wife. The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
And all these things happened to them as examples; and it is written for our warning on whom the ends of the world have come.
For as the woman is of the man, even so the man is also through the woman; but all things of God.
But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the churches of God.
But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.
whereas God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and putting the word of reconciliation in us.
who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God and our Father,
for He working in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision also worked in me to the nations.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I live; yet no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith toward the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself on my behalf.
Even so we, when we were infants, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
But now, knowing God, but rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you again desire to slave anew?
But may it never be for me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
far above all principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, not only in this world, but also in the coming age.
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
so that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
holding forth the Word of Life, so that I may rejoice with you in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain nor labored in vain.
he also having shown your love in the Spirit to us.
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
along with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known to you all things here.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
To the pure all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
teaching us that having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live discreetly, righteously and godly, in this present world,
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds,
Since then it remains that some must enter into it, and since they to whom it was first preached did not enter in because of unbelief,
and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come,
(for then He must have suffered often since the foundation of the world), but now once in the end of the world He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me.
By faith we understand that the ages were framed by a word of God, so that the things being seen not to have come into being out of the things that appear.
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, did not receive the promise, for God had provided some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world 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 without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.
Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete?
My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom.
You ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are Your ways, O King of saints.