Usage [footnote text=“The verses below are for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive.”]
Place of human habitation (Jn 21:25)
Creation (Acts 17:24)
Human race (Jn 3:16; 4:42) [footnote text=“1 Cor 4:9 may imply that angels are also part of the created world”]
Unbelievers; human ways that are hostile to God (Jn 7:7; 1 Cor 1:21; Jas 4:4; 1 Jn 2:16, 17)
Human existence, possessions, affairs (Mt 16:26; 1 Cor 7:33, 34)
Adornment (1 Pet 3:3)
God and the world
God
God sent His Son into the world
Jn 3:17 – For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Jn 10:36 – do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
Jn 17:18 – As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
1 Jn 4:9 – In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 Jn 4:14 – And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
The world does not know God
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
1 Cor 1:21 – For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
1 Jn 3:1 – See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
God loved the world
Jn 3:16 – "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God gives to Jesus people out of the world
Jn 17:6 – "I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
The world may believe that the Father sent and loved Jesus
Jn 17:21 – that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Jn 17:23 – I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
God made the world
Acts 17:24 – The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
God judges the world
Rom 3:6 – By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
The world is accountable to God
Rom 3:19 – Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
God has made foolish the wisdom of the world
1 Cor 1:20 – Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
God chose what is foolish and low and despised in the world
1 Cor 1:27 – But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
1 Cor 1:28 – God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
The wisdom of this world is folly with God
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
God was reconciling the world to himself
2 Cor 5:19 – that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Godly grief versus worldly grief
2 Cor 7:10 – For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
God chose believers in Christ before the foundation of the world
Eph 1:4 – even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
God has chosen those who are poor in the world
Jas 2:5 – Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
Friendship with the world is enmity with God
Jas 4:4 – You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
God did not spare the ancient world
2 Pet 2:5 – if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
All that is in the world is not from the Father
1 Jn 2:16 – For all that is in the world–the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions–is not from the Father but is from the world.
He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world
1 Jn 4:4 – Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
Jesus
Came into the world
Jn 1:9 – The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
Jn 3:19 – And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
Jn 6:14 – When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!"
Jn 9:39 – Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."
Jn 11:27 – She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
Jn 12:46 – I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
Jn 16:28 – I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
Jn 18:37 – Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world–to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
1 Tim 1:15 – The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Heb 10:5 – Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
Jesus saves the world
Jn 3:17 – For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Jn 4:42 – They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."
Jn 12:47 – If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
1 Jn 4:14 – And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Jesus is the light of the world
Jn 8:12 – Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Jn 9:5 – As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
Jn 11:9 – Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
Jn 12:46 – I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
Jesus departed out of this world
Jn 13:1 – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Jn 16:28 – I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
Jn 17:11 – And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
Jesus was not of this world
Jn 8:23 – He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Jn 17:14 – I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Jn 17:16 – They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Jesus was sent into the world
Jn 17:18 – As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
1 Jn 4:9 – In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 Jn 4:14 – And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Jesus gives life to the world
Jn 6:33 – For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Jn 6:51 – I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
The world hates Jesus
Jn 7:7 – The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
Jn 15:18 – "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
The world may believe that the Father sent and loved Jesus
Jn 17:21 – that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Jn 17:23 – I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
Jesus was shown all the kingdoms and glory of the world
Mt 4:8 – Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Jesus pronounced woe on the world
Mt 18:7 – "Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
Jesus was told to show Himself to the world
Jn 7:4 – For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
The world was made through Jesus
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
The world did not know Jesus
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Jesus declared to the world what He had heard from the Father
Jn 8:26 – I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."
The world had gone after Jesus
Jn 12:19 – So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."
Jesus announces the judgment of this world
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
Jesus loved His own who were in the world
Jn 13:1 – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
That the world may know that Jesus loves the Father
Jn 14:31 – but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
The world will see Jesus no more
Jn 14:19 – Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Jesus did not manifest to the world
Jn 14:22 – Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?"
The peace of Jesus versus the peace the world gives
Jn 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Jesus has overcome the world
Jn 16:33 – I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
Jesus had glory with the Father before the world existed
Jn 17:5 – And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Jesus was not praying for the world
Jn 17:9 – I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
Jesus spoke in the world
Jn 17:13 – But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Jesus spoke openly to the world
Jn 18:20 – Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world
Jn 18:36 – Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."
Jesus was believed on in the world
1 Tim 3:16 – Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Jesus was known before the foundation of the world
1 Pet 1:20 – He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake,
Jesus is the propitiation for the sins of the whole world
1 Jn 2:2 – He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ
Rev 11:15 – Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."
The Promised Spirit
The world cannot receive the Spirit of truth
Jn 14:17 – even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Convicts the world
Jn 16:8 – And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
People and the world
Humanity in general
Relative value of the world
Mt 16:26 – For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
Mk 8:36 – For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
Lk 9:25 – For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
Sin of the world
Jn 1:29 – The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Being born in the world
Jn 16:21 – When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Follows the course of this world
Eph 2:2 – in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience–
Bring nothing into the world
1 Tim 6:7 – for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
God’s people; believers
Hated by the world
Jn 15:18 – "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Jn 15:19 – If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Jn 17:14 – I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
1 Jn 3:13 – Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
Are in the world
Jn 13:1 – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
1 Cor 5:10 – not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
Jn 17:15 – I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
Are the light of the world
Mt 5:14 – "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Phil 2:15 – that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Not of the world
Jn 17:14 – I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Jn 17:16 – They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Their unity so that the world may believe
Jn 17:21 – that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Jn 17:23 – I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
Not to be like the nations of the world
Lk 12:30 – For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Losing one’s life in the world
Jn 12:25 – Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Given to Jesus by God out of the world
Jn 17:6 – "I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Sent into the world
Jn 17:18 – As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Faith proclaimed in all the world
Rom 1:8 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
Would be heir of the world
Rom 4:13 – For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Israel and the world
Rom 11:12 – Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
Rom 11:15 – For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
Escaped the corruption and defilements of the world
2 Pet 1:4 – by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Pet 2:20 – For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
Overcoming the world
1 Jn 5:4 – For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world–our faith.
1 Jn 5:5 – Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Have not received the spirit of the world
1 Cor 2:12 – Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
The world is theirs
1 Cor 3:22 – whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future–all are yours,
Will judge the world
1 Cor 6:2 – Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
Dealing with the world
1 Cor 7:31 – and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
Ought not be condemned along with the world
1 Cor 11:32 – But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Were once enslaved to the elementary principles of the world
Gal 4:3 – In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Were once without hope and without God in the world
Eph 2:12 – remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Not to be taken captive according to the elemental spirits of the world
Col 2:8 – See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Not to be alive in the world
Col 2:20 – If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations–
The world was not worthy of them
Heb 11:38 – of whom the world was not worthy–wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
To keep oneself unstained from the world
Jas 1:27 – Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Not to be friends of the world
Jas 4:4 – You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Experience suffering in the world
1 Pet 5:9 – Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
Not to love the world or the things in the world
1 Jn 2:15 – Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
The world does not know us
1 Jn 3:1 – See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Loving those in need with the world’s goods
1 Jn 3:17 – But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world
1 Jn 4:4 – Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
As Christ is so also are we in the world
1 Jn 4:17 – By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
Jesus’ disciples
Mk 16:15 – And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Jn 16:20 – Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
Apostles
1 Cor 4:9 – For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
1 Cor 4:13 – when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
2 Cor 1:12 – For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
A married person
Is anxious about worldly things
1 Cor 7:33 – But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
1 Cor 7:34 – and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
Paul
Gal 6:14 – But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Noah
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
False prophets
1 Jn 4:1 – Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 Jn 4:3 – and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
1 Jn 4:5 – They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
2 Jn 1:7 – For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
The evil one and the world
Mt 4:8 – Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
Jn 14:30 – I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
Jn 16:11 – concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Jn 17:15 – I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
1 Jn 5:19 – We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
Sin and the world
Rom 5:12 – Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned–
Rom 5:13 – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
Jas 3:6 – And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
“World” in the Gospel according to John
Verbs with “world” as subject
Know
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Jn 14:31 – but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
Jn 17:23 – I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Hate
Jn 15:18 – "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Jn 15:19 – If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Jn 17:14 – I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Is (not) able
Jn 7:7 – The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
Jn 14:17 – even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Become/is made
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Be saved
Jn 3:17 – For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Go away
Jn 12:19 – So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."
See
Jn 14:19 – Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
Give
Jn 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Love
Jn 15:19 – If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Rejoice
Jn 16:20 – Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
Be
Jn 17:5 – And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Believe
Jn 17:21 – that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Contain
Jn 21:25 – Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
Verbs with “world” as object
Love
Jn 3:16 – "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Judge/condemn
Jn 3:17 – For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Jn 12:47 – If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
Give to
Jn 6:33 – For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Reveal to
Jn 7:4 – For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
Save
Jn 12:47 – If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
Convict
Jn 16:8 – And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Leave
Jn 16:28 – I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
Overcome
Jn 16:33 – I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
Speak to
Jn 18:20 – Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
… of “world”
Light
Jn 8:12 – Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Jn 9:5 – As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
Jn 11:9 – Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
Ruler
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
Jn 14:30 – I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
Jn 16:11 – concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Sin
Jn 1:29 – The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Savior
Jn 4:42 – They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."
Life
Jn 6:51 – I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Judgment
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
Creation
Jn 17:24 – Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Observations
Senses of the word “world”
It could simply denote the physical environment (Jn 16:21; 21:25)
Other than the above, the word as used in the Gospel most often alludes to not only the physical world but also human beings with their spiritual state or inclination.
In one place “world” and “people” are used synonymously (Jn 3:19)
The world is personified and takes on human actions such as
Knowing (Jn 1:10; 14:31; 17:23, 25)
Going after someone (Jn 12:19)
Loving and hating (Jn 15:18, 19; 17:14)
Seeing (Jn 14:19)
Giving (Jn 14:27)
Rejoicing (Jn 16:20)
Believing (Jn 17:21)
Jesus has spoken to the world, as if the world is a person (Jn 8:26; 18:20)
“Life in this world” refers to a person’s present existence, which may either be lost or be kept to eternal life (Jn 12:25).
The world’s origin
The world is God’s creation (Jn 1:10)
There was a point in which the world did not exist (17:5)
There was a point in which the world was founded (17:24)
The world is in need of salvation
The world is laden with sin (Jn 1:29)
The world has become a place of darkness (Jn 3:19; 8:12; 12:46)
God and the world
God loves the world by giving His only Son (Jn 3:16)
God sent His Son into the world that the world might be saved through Him (Jn 3:17)
Jesus did not come to judge the world but to save the world (Jn 12:47)
Jesus came as the light of the world (Jn 1:9; 8:12; 9:5; 11:9; 12:46)
Jesus is the lamb who takes away the sins of the world (Jn 1:29)
Jesus is the bread who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world (Jn 6:33)
Jesus is the Savior of the world (Jn 4:42)
Jesus has come into the world (Jn 1:9; 3:17, 19; 9:39; 10:36; 12:46; 16:28; 17:18; 18:37)
Jesus is not of this world (Jn 8:23; 17:14, 16)
Jesus departed from the world (Jn 16:28)
Jesus is coming into the world (Jn 6:14; 11:27)
Jesus has overcome the world (Jn 16:33)
Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world (Jn 18:36)
The world is capable of accepting Jesus Christ
God’s purpose is that the world may know His love (Jn 14:31; 17:23)
The world is able to believe in Jesus Christ (Jn 3:16; 12:46; 17:21)
The world represents forces opposed to God
The world does not know God or Jesus (Jn 1:10; 17:25)
The world hated Jesus (Jn 15:18)
The world hates Jesus’ disciples (Jn 15:18, 19; 17:14)
The world is under a ruler (Jn 12:31; 14:30; Jn 16:11)
The world is judged (Jn 12:31)
The Spirit of truth will convict the world (Jn 16:8)
The world will rejoice after Jesus’ departure (Jn 16:20)
Jesus has overcome the world (Jn 16:33)
The evil one is in the world (Jn 17:15)
The disciples and the world
The disciples are not of the world (Jn 15:19; 17:14, 16)
Jesus chose the disciples out of the world (Jn 15:19)
Jesus does not pray that the disciples be taken out of the world, but that they be kept from the evil one (Jn 17:15)
Jesus has sent the disciples into the world (Jn 17:18)
The world may believe through the disciples (Jn 17:21)
The world may know God through the disciples (Jn 17:23)
Words related grammatically to “World”
Subjects of "World" (κόσμος)
Field, ἀγρός
Mt 13:38 – The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Verbs with "World" (κόσμος) as Subject
To know, γινώσκω
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Jn 14:31 – But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Jn 17:23 – I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
1 Cor 1:21 – For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Jn 3:1 – Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
To hate, μισέω
Jn 7:7 – The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
Jn 15:18 – If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Jn 15:19 – If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Jn 17:14 – 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.
1 Jn 3:13 – Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
To be, γίνομαι
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Rom 3:19 – Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Be able, δύναμαι
Jn 7:7 – The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Jn 14:17 – Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
To be, εἰμί
Jn 17:5 – And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Heb 11:38 – (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
To save, σῴζω
Jn 3:17 – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
To go away, ἀπέρχομαι
Jn 12:19 – The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
To see/experience, θεωρέω
Jn 14:19 – Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
To give, δίδωμι
Jn 14:27 – Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
To love, φιλέω
Jn 15:19 – If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
To rejoice, χαίρω
Jn 16:20 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
To trust (in), πιστεύω
Jn 17:21 – That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
To make room for, χωρέω
Jn 21:25 – And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
To judge, κρίνω
1 Cor 6:2 – Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
To crucify, σταυρόω
Gal 6:14 – But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
To destroy, ἀπολλύω
2 Pet 3:6 – Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
To pass, παράγω
1 Jn 2:17 – And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
To hear, ἀκούω
1 Jn 4:5 – They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
To lay/be appointed, κεῖμαι
1 Jn 5:19 – And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Verbs with "World" (κόσμος) as Object
To judge, κρίνω
Jn 3:17 – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Jn 12:47 – And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Rom 3:6 – God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
1 Cor 6:2 – Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
To gain, κερδαίνω
Mt 16:26 – 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?
Mk 8:36 – For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Lk 9:25 – For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
To conquer, νικάω
Jn 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 Jn 5:4 – For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 Jn 5:5 – Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
To love, ἀγαπάω
Jn 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Jn 2:15 – Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
To save, σῴζω
Jn 12:47 – And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
To rebuke, ἐλέγχω
Jn 16:8 – And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
To release, ἀφίημι
Jn 16:28 – I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
To do/make, ποιέω
Acts 17:24 – God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
To use, χράω
1 Cor 7:31 – And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
To reconcile, καταλλάσσω
2 Cor 5:19 – To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
To condemn, κατακρίνω
Heb 11:7 – By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
To spare, φείδομαι
2 Pet 2:5 – And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Verbs with "World" (κόσμος) as Indirect Object
To give, δίδωμι
Jn 6:33 – For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
To manifest, φανερόω
Jn 7:4 – For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world.
To speak, λαλέω
Jn 18:20 – Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
To bring upon, ἐπάγω
2 Pet 2:5 – And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Adjectives Modifying "World" (κόσμος)
All, ὅλος
Mt 16:26 – 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?
Mt 26:13 – Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Mk 8:36 – For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mk 14:9 – Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Lk 9:25 – For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Rom 1:8 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
1 Jn 2:2 – And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 Jn 5:19 – And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
All, πᾶς
Rom 3:19 – Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Col 1:6 – Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
All, ἅπας
Mk 16:15 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Ancient, ἀρχαῖος
2 Pet 2:5 – And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Adverbs Modifying "World" (κόσμος)
And, καί
Jn 17:25 – O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Outside, ἔξωθεν
1 Pet 3:3 – Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Then, τότε
2 Pet 3:6 – Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Words Modified by "World" (κόσμος)
To be, γίνομαι
1 Cor 4:9 – For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Poor, πτωχός
Jas 2:5 – Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Predicates of "World" (κόσμος)
Accountable, ὑπόδικος
Rom 3:19 – Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
You, σύ
1 Cor 3:22 – Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Worthy, ἄξιος
Heb 11:38 – (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Appositions with "World" (κόσμος)
All, πᾶς
1 Cor 3:22 – Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Prepositions with "World" (κόσμος)
In/on/among, ἐν
Mt 26:13 – Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Jn 1:10 – He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Jn 9:5 – As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Jn 12:25 – He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Jn 13:1 – Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Jn 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Jn 17:11 – And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Jn 17:13 – And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Rom 1:8 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Rom 5:13 – (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
1 Cor 8:4 – As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice untoidols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Cor 14:10 – There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
2 Cor 1:12 – For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you -ward.
Eph 2:12 – That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Phil 2:15 – That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Col 1:6 – Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Col 2:20 – Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
1 Tim 3:16 – And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Pet 5:9 – Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
2 Pet 1:4 – Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
1 Jn 2:15 – Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 Jn 2:16 – For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 Jn 4:3 – And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1 Jn 4:4 – Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 Jn 4:17 – Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Toward, εἰς
Mk 14:9 – Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Mk 16:15 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Jn 1:9 – That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Jn 3:17 – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Jn 3:19 – And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Jn 6:14 – Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
Jn 8:26 – I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
Jn 9:39 – And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Jn 10:36 – Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Jn 11:27 – She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Jn 12:46 – I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Jn 16:21 – A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Jn 16:28 – I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Jn 17:18 – As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Jn 18:37 – Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Rom 5:12 – Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
1 Tim 1:15 – This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
1 Tim 6:7 – For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Heb 10:5 – Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
1 Jn 4:1 – Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 Jn 4:9 – In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
2 Jn 1:7 – For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Of/from, ἐκ
Jn 8:23 – And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Jn 13:1 – Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Jn 15:19 – If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Jn 17:6 – I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Jn 17:14 – 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.
Jn 17:15 – I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Jn 17:16 – They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jn 18:36 – Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
1 Cor 5:10 – Yet not altogether the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
1 Jn 2:16 – For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 Jn 4:5 – They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
About, περί
Jn 17:9 – I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
1 Jn 2:2 – And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
With, σύν
1 Cor 11:32 – But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
From, ἀπό
Jas 1:27 – Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
… of "World" (κόσμος)
Beginning, καταβολή
Mt 13:35 – This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."
Mt 25:34 – Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Lk 11:50 – That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Jn 17:24 – Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Eph 1:4 – According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Heb 4:3 – For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 9:26 – For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 Pet 1:20 – Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Rev 13:8 – And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 17:8 – The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Light, φῶς
Mt 5:14 – Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
Jn 8:12 – Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Jn 9:5 – As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Jn 11:9 – Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Ruler, ἄρχων
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Jn 14:30 – Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Jn 16:11 – Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Principle, στοιχεῖον
Gal 4:3 – Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Col 2:8 – Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Col 2:20 – Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Kingdom, βασιλεία
Mt 4:8 – Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Rev 11:15 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.
Savior, σωτήρ
Jn 4:42 – And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.
1 Jn 4:14 – And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
Wisdom, σοφία
1 Cor 1:20 – Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Cor 3:19 – For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
The/this/who, ὁ
1 Cor 7:33 – But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Cor 7:34 – There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Beginning, ἀρχή
Mt 24:21 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Gentiles, ἔθνος
Lk 12:30 – For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Sin, ἁμαρτία
Jn 1:29 – The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Life, ζωή
Jn 6:51 – I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Judgment, κρίσις
Jn 12:31 – Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Creation, κτίσις
Rom 1:20 – For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Heir, κληρονόμος
Rom 4:13 – For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Riches, πλοῦτος
Rom 11:12 – Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Reconciliation, καταλλαγή
Rom 11:15 – For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Weak, ἀσθενής
1 Cor 1:27 – But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Foolish, μωρός
1 Cor 1:27 – But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Lowly, ἀγενής
1 Cor 1:28 – And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:
Spirit/breath, πνεῦμα
1 Cor 2:12 – Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Garbage, περικάθαρμα
1 Cor 4:13 – Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Sexual sinner, πόρνος
1 Cor 5:10 – Yet not altogether the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
Form, σχῆμα
1 Cor 7:31 – And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Grief, λύπη
2 Cor 7:10 – For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
An age, αἰών
Eph 2:2 – Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Friendship, φιλία
Jas 4:4 – Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Friendly/friend, φίλος
Jas 4:4 – Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Defilement, μίασμα
2 Pet 2:20 – For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Life, βίος
1 Jn 3:17 – But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
"World" (κόσμος) of …
Unrighteousness, ἀδικία
Jas 3:6 – And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Braiding, ἐμπλοκή
1 Pet 3:3 – Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Wearing, ἔνδυσις
1 Pet 3:3 – Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Wearing, περίθεσις
1 Pet 3:3 – Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Ungodly, ἀσεβής
2 Pet 2:5 – And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Verbal Copula of "World" (κόσμος)
To be, εἰμί
Mt 13:38 – The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
1 Pet 3:3 – Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
"World" (κόσμος) and …
The/this/who, ὁ
Acts 17:24 – God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
1 Jn 2:15 – Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Desire, ἐπιθυμία
1 Jn 2:17 – And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.