1:15, “It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.” 1:6, “which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth.”ġ Tim. 1:11, “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. 6:14, “But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”Įph. 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” 3:6, “May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?” 1:8, “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.” And this took place in the reign of Claudius.”Īcts 17:24, “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.”Īcts 17:31, “because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.” John 15:18, “ If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.”Īcts 11:28, “One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 1:10, “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.” Luke 12:30, “For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek but your Father knows that you need these things.” Luke 2:1, “Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.” 26:13, “Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.” 18:7, “ Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!” The word world, has at least five different meanings in the New Testament: Every Individual: Acts 17:31 Romans 3:6 1 John 2:2 Limited Area: Luke 2:1 Acts 11:28 Romans 1:8 Colossians 1:6 All Nations: Matthew 26:13 John 3:16 1 John 2:2 Revelation 3:10 16:14. It should impose its values and understanding on us. As Christians, we should never impose our understanding on scripture. You will see that there are different meanings and I have categorized them into five. Following is a grid that lists some of the hundreds of instances in the New Testament of the occurrence of the English word “World”. Likewise, there are words in Scripture that have a variety of meanings depending on the context. For example, what does the word “blue” mean? It can mean color or depression. The meaning of words is derived from the context in which they are used.
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