King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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World (Kosmos)
CategoryTheological Term / Doctrinal Term
Modern Equivalentthe created order; human society organized in opposition to God; the earth and its inhabitants.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe Greek kosmos, translated "world" in the KJV, carries multiple meanings: (1) the created universe; (2) the inhabited earth and humanity; (3) the fallen human system organized around self and sin in opposition to God. John's Gospel uses all three senses. Believers are called to be in the world but not of it.
Key Verses"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." (John 3:16); "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." (1 John 2:15)