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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In those days Augustus Caesar issued an edict for a census of the whole inhabited world.
The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God tell this stone to become bread."
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"
One of them, who was Agabus, rose up, and being instructed by the Spirit, predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)
God forbid that I should glory in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world.
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1. In OT.
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"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;
"And if any man say 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 age or in that which is to come.
"And the seed sown among thorns is he who hears the word, but the anxieties of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One. "The enemy who sows the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels. read more. "Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
"So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous, and fling them into the furnace of fire.
What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.
"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
"In solemn truth I tell you that wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what she has done shall be told about, as her memorial."
teaching them to observe every command which I have given you. and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
When they have heard the Word, the anxieties of life and the snares of wealth, and all sorts of other ambitions, come in to choke the Word, so that it proves unfruitful.
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
but shall receive a hundred times as much, now in this present world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands??nd persecutions with them??nd in the world to come eternal life.
"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began
"For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
"who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this time, and in the age to come eternal."
"People in this world marry and are given in marriage," said Jesus, "but those who are counted worthy to reach that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
The true Light, which enlightens every man, was then coming into the world.
The true Light, which enlightens every man, was then coming into the world. He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.
He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.
Jesus also was invited to the wedding, and his disciples.
So he plaited a scourge of rushes, and drove all out of the temple??oth the sheep and oxen. He began to pour out the coins of the money-changers, and to overturn their tables, and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade! read more. His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."
"We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."
OMITTED TEXT. And there was one man there for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.
So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.
"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world."
"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
"For no one ever does anything in secret if he himself seeks to be known publicly. If you are performing these signs, show yourself openly to the world."
"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.
Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the light of the world," he said; "He who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the Light of life."
And he said to them. "You are from below. 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."
"Since the beginning of the world such a thing as opening the eyes of one who was born blind was never heard of.
"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."
Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"
Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.
Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.
Like light am I come into the world, so that no one who believes in me may remain in darkness. And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.
"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.
"I shall not talk with you much more, for the Prince of this world is coming.
"I shall not talk with you much more, for the Prince of this world is coming.
"do not forget that it hated me first.
"do not forget that it hated me first. "If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.
because the Prince of this world has been judged.
because the Prince of this world has been judged.
I tell you solemnly that you will be weeping and wailing while the world is rejoicing; you will be grief-stricken, but your grief shall be turned into gladness.
"I have made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.
for I have given them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
I have given them thy 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 left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."
"Says the Lord, who has been making this known from the beginning of the world.
"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
First I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout all the world.
For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse.
Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age??here are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world?
Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age??here are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world? For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.
No, God has chosen the world's folly to confound its philosophy; and the world's weakness to confound its strength. The world's base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;
Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought.
None of the rulers of the present age understands it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.
But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may realize the blessings freely given us by God.
Let no one deceive himself. If any one of you supposes that he is wise in the philosophy of the present age, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise. For the philosophy of this world is foolishness in God's sight. It is written, He snares the wise in their own craftiness,
What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders? Expel that wicked man from among you.
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try such trifling cases?
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind. Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
Now these things were happening to them typically, but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages.
for just as the woman was made from the man, so also is the man born of the woman, while they both come from God.
If, however, any one is inclined to be disputatious regarding such a custom, let him know that neither I nor the churches of God hold to such a custom.
but through our condemnation by the Lord, we are trained so that we may not be condemned;
but through our condemnation by the Lord, we are trained so that we may not be condemned;
Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them.
how that God was in Christ reconciling a world to himself, not reckoning to men their trespasses; and that to me he has entrusted the message of that reconciliation.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age in accordance with the will of our God and Father,
(for he who has equipped Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised, equipped me also for the apostleship to the Gentiles),
I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who am living, but it is Christ who is living in me; and the life I am now living in the flesh, I am living in faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.
Now, however, when you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are beginning to turn back to those weak and beggarly externalities, eager to be in bondage to them again?
God forbid that I should glory in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world.
far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come.
in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience.
in order that he might show to the ages to come the amazing riches of his grace by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus.
holding out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
and it is he who has told me of your love for me in the spirit.
I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.
Slaves, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of purpose, out of reverence for your Lord.
They will inform you of all that goes on here.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!
All things are pure to the pure; but to the contaminated and the faithless nothing is pure, nay, their very minds and consciences are tainted.
And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;
has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe.
and become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the Future Age,
(for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world;)but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself.
It is for this reason that the Christ, on coming into the world, declared. Sacrifice and offerings thou dost not desire, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
By faith we understand that the world was fashioned by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of what is visible.
Yet, though these all had witness borne to them by their faith, they received not the promise; since it was for us that God had in store some better thing, so that apart from us they should not be perfected.
Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
Some one indeed may say, "You have faith, and I have deeds." "Then show me your faith," I answer, "apart from any deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds."
You see how faith was cooperating with deeds, and faith was made perfect by deeds.
Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.
And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show his deeds by his good life, in the meekness of wisdom.
You continue to ask and do not receive, because you are asking with a wrong purpose, in order to spend it upon your pleasures. You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.
And the seventh angel blew his trumpet; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, "THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, AND HE WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER."
They were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are thy ways, Thou King of kings!