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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And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be registered.
And the Devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf of bread.
For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye see that ye effect nothing; o! the world hath gone after him.
And one of them named Agabus stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there was about to be a great famine over the whole world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid;
And whoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this world, or in the world to come.
And what was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
The field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the Evil One; the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. read more. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the world.
So will it be at the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
And as he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the signs of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor shall ever be.
Then will the king say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Truly do I say to you, Wherever these glad tidings shall be published in the whole world, this too which she hath done will be told for a memorial of her.
teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have commanded you. And, lo! I am with you always, unto the end of the world.
but the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
who will not receive a hundredfold in the time that now is, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come everlasting life.
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets of old,
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit himself?
And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.
who will not receive many fold more in the present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.
And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but they who have been accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;
The true light, which enlighteneth every man, was coming into the world.
The true light, which enlighteneth every man, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
The next day he seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!
And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the feast.
And having made a scourge of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the money of the exchangers, and overthrew the tables; and said to those who sold the doves, Take these things hence; make not my Fathers house a house of merchandise. read more. His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."
For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life. For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.
For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.
And this is the condemnation, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.
but whoever drinketh of the water that I will give him, will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become within him a well of water springing up to everlasting life.
and said to the woman, No longer do we believe on account of what thou hast told us; for we have ourselves heard him, and know that this is in truth the Saviour of the world.
(...) And a certain man was there, who had had his infirmity thirtyeight years.
Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing; for whatever He doeth, these things the Son also doeth in like manner;
For the bread of God is that which is coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eat of my bread, he will live for ever. Yea, and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
For no one doeth anything in secret, and yet himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.]
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath, I am from 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.
Since the world began, it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye see that ye effect nothing; o! the world hath gone after him.
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;
I have come a light into the world, that whoever believeth in me may not remain in the darkness. And if any one hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
And if any one hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him; 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 had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end.
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it doth not behold it, nor know it; ye know it, because it abideth with you, and will be in you.
I shall not talk much more with you. For the prince of the world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
I shall not talk much more with you. For the prince of the world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
Truly, truly do I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
I manifested 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 to them the words which thou hast given me; and they received them, and knew surely that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send 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, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
although he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
The God who made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
In the first place, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
For, ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, even his eternal power and divinity, being perceived from his works, are clearly seen, so that they might be without excuse.
So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [death] came through unto all men, because all sinned
and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.
Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the 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 those who believe;
but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong; and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;
But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;
which none of the rulers of this world comprehended; for had they comprehended it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;
Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: "He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;"
For what have I to do with judging those who are without? Do not ye judge those who are within? But those who are without, God will judge. Do ye put away that bad man from among yourselves.
Or do ye not know, that the holy will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge in causes of the least importance?
and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;
but he that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please his wife. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin; the unmarried woman careth about the things of the Lord, to be holy, both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
Now these things happened to them as warnings, and were recorded for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages have come.
For as the woman is from the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things from God.
But if any one seemeth 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 may not be condemned with the world.
but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
in whom the God of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, so that they cannot behold the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
seeing that in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of God our Father;
(for he who wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship to the circumcised, wrought also for me in behalf of the gentiles,)
I have been crucified with Christ, and no longer do I live, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world;
but now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
far above all rule, 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;
in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;
that he might show in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.
who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.
giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will inform you of every thing here.
Now to the King eternal, the imperishable, invisible, only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;
hath at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds,
Since then it still remaineth for some to enter into it, and they to whom the glad tidings of it were first brought did not enter in because of disobedience,
and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
for then must he have suffered many times since the foundation of the world; but now once in the end of the world he hath appeared, to put away sin by means of his sacrifice.
Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith: "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body didst thou prepare for me;
Through faith we perceive that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promised blessing, God having provided for us some better thing, that they might not be made perfect without us.
Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
But some one will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith without works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect.
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God.
And the seventh angel sounded, and there followed loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of the nations;