Bible verses about the world

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:16-17Hell

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the ground beneath and everything that lives on it.

Psalm 24:1Creation

For God was in Christ and reconciled the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has raised up among us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:19MediatorReconciliation

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!”

John 1:29Good FridaySacrifice

And Jesus again 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.”

John 8:12LightEpiphanias

And he is the reconciliation for our sins, not only our own, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:2SacrificeReconciliation

These things I have spoken with you, that you may have peace in me. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

John 16:33OvercomingPersecution

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 17:15-16

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:19

And do not make yourselves like the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2Identity in ChristThinking

Do not love the world or anything in the world. For whoever loves the world in this way, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away with its lust, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 John 2:15-17Materialism

You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever is a friend of the world is an enemy of God.

James 4:4

Seek the good of the city, to which I have sent you, and pray for it to the Lord; for if it prospers, you also prosper.

Jeremiah 29:7

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how shall it season? It is no longer good for anything, but is cast out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:13-14

That you may be blameless and irreproachable, children of God, harmless in the midst of an evil and crooked generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

Philippians 2:15LightBlameless

And that you may be blameless, incorruptible, children of God, without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.

1 Corinthians 7:31

But far be it from me to glory, save through the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Galatians 6:14CrucifixionPride

For all things that are born of God overcome the world; and our faith is the victory that has overcome the world.

1 John 5:4Faith