The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.

Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment –

There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.”