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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 she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house is in the side of the wall, and in the wall she is dwelling;
He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.
And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --
and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'
for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'
and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world -- which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar --
And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;
Hastings
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1. In OT.
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In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth
and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.
And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.
Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
Thine are the heavens -- the earth also is Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou art God.
Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!
Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!
The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.
Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.
'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;
And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.
'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers. read more. 'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,
so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.
'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'
teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'
and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;
As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;
for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?
'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'
And Jesus answering said to them, 'The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;
He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world; in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:
in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:
on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;
and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew, and to those selling the doves he said, 'Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' read more. And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'
for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'
and said to the woman -- 'No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'
for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held. and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,
Jesus therefore responded and said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;
for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'
I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'
for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things -- manifest thyself to the world;'
the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the 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;
when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'
from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;
And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'
now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;
now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;
I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain; and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world -- to the end he loved them.
the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.
I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;
I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;
if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;
if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.
verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.
I did manifest Thy name to the men whom Thou hast given to me out of the world; Thine they were, and to me Thou hast given them, and Thy word they have kept;
because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.
I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;
'Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
'Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good -- from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'
'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;
for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;
because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?
where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.
but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,
which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;
And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,
Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise, for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, 'Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'
for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge? and those without God doth judge; and put ye away the evil from among yourselves.
have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?
and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife. The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,
for as the woman is of the man, so also the man is through the woman, and the all things are of God.
and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.
and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;
in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,
who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,
for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,
with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?
And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;
far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;
in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,
that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,
the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;
who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.
Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,
The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you; all things to you shall they make known that are here.
and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, is honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.
all things, indeed, are pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast is nothing pure, but of them defiled are even the mind and the conscience;
teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,
in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;
since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --
and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,
since it had behoved him many times to suffer from the foundation of the world, but now once, at the full end of the ages, for putting away of sin through his sacrifice, he hath been manifested;
Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, 'Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,
by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;
and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise, God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.
Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:
dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?
Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it. Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of the world did become those of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'
and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,