The noun kosmos (world) in Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Legend:
Green color: kosmos = the society of men who are part of history
Blue color: kosmos = the universe originally created by God
Red color: kosmos = this part of humanity hostile to Jesus and to the Christian community

Matthew

4: 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world (kosmos) and their splendor;
5: 14"You are the light of the world (kosmos). A city built on a hill cannot be hid.
13: 35This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world (kosmos)."
13: 38the field is the world (kosmos), and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,
16: 26For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world (kosmos) but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
18: 7Woe to the world (kosmos) because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!
24: 21For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world (kosmos) until now, no, and never will be.
25: 34Then the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (kosmos);
26: 13Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world (kosmos), what she has done will be told in remembrance of her."

Mark

8: 36For what will it profit them to gain the whole world (kosmos) and forfeit their life?
14: 9Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world (kosmos), what she has done will be told in remembrance of her."
16: 15And he said to them, "Go into all the world (kosmos) and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.

Luke

9: 25What does it profit them if they gain the whole world (kosmos), but lose or forfeit themselves?
11: 50so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world (kosmos),
12: 30For it is the nations of the world (kosmos) that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

John

1: 9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world (kosmos).
1: 10He was in the world (kosmos), and the world (kosmos) came into being through him; yet the world (kosmos) did not know him.
1: 29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (kosmos)!
3: 16"For God so loved the world (kosmos) that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
3: 17"Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world (kosmos) to condemn the world (kosmos), but in order that the world (kosmos) might be saved through him.
3: 19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world (kosmos), and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
4: 42They 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 truly the Savior of the world (kosmos)."
6: 14When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world (kosmos)."
6: 33For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world (kosmos)."
6: 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world (kosmos) is my flesh."
7: 4for no one who wants to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world (kosmos)."
7: 7The world (kosmos) cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.
8: 12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world (kosmos). Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
8: 23He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world (kosmos), I am not of this world (kosmos).
8: 26I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world (kosmos) what I have heard from him."
9: 5As long as I am in the world (kosmos), I am the light of the world (kosmos)."
9: 39Jesus said, "I came into this world (kosmos) for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind."
10: 36can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world (kosmos) is blaspheming because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
11: 9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world (kosmos).
11: 27She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world (kosmos)."
12: 19The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world (kosmos) has gone after him!"
12: 25Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world (kosmos) will keep it for eternal life.
12: 31Now is the judgment of this world (kosmos); now the ruler of this world (kosmos) will be driven out.
12: 46I have come as light into the world (kosmos), so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.
12: 47I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world (kosmos), but to save the world (kosmos).
13: 1Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world (kosmos) and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world (kosmos), he loved them to the end.
14: 17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world (kosmos) cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
14: 19In a little while the world (kosmos) will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.
14: 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world (kosmos)?"
14: 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world (kosmos) gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
14: 30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world (kosmos) is coming. He has no power over me;
14: 31but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world (kosmos) may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us be on our way.
15: 18"If the world (kosmos) hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.
15: 19If you belonged to the world (kosmos), the world (kosmos) would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world (kosmos), but I have chosen you out of the world (kosmos) therefore the world (kosmos) hates you.
16: 8And when he comes, he will prove the world (kosmos) wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
16: 11about judgment, because the ruler of this world (kosmos) has been condemned.
16: 20Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world (kosmos) will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.
16: 21When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world (kosmos).
16: 28I came from the Father and have come into the world (kosmos); again, I am leaving the world (kosmos) and am going to the Father."
16: 33I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world (kosmos) you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world (kosmos)!"
17: 5So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world (kosmos) existed.
17: 6"I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world (kosmos). They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
17: 9I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world (kosmos), but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours.
17: 11And now I am no longer in the world (kosmos), but they are in the world (kosmos), and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.
17: 13But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world (kosmos) so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.
17: 14I have given them your word, and the world (kosmos) has hated them because they do not belong to the world (kosmos), just as I do not belong to the world (kosmos).
17: 15I am not asking you to take them out of the world (kosmos), but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
17: 16They do not belong to the world (kosmos), just as I do not belong to the world (kosmos).
17: 18As you have sent me into the world (kosmos), so I have sent them into the world (kosmos).
17: 21that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world (kosmos) may believe that you have sent me.
17: 23I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world (kosmos) may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
17: 24Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world (kosmos).
17: 25"Righteous Father, the world (kosmos) does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me.
18: 20Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world (kosmos); I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
18: 36Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world (kosmos). If my kingdom were from this world (kosmos), my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
18: 37Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world (kosmos), to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
21: 25But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world (kosmos) itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Acts

17: 24The God who made the world (kosmos) and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

1 John

2: 2and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world (kosmos).
2: 15Do not love the world (kosmos) or the things in the world (kosmos). The love of the Father is not in those who love the world (kosmos);
2: 16for all that is in the world (kosmos) - the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches - comes not from the Father but from the world (kosmos).
2: 17And the world (kosmos) and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
3: 1See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world (kosmos) does not know us is that it did not know him.
3: 13Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world (kosmos) hates you.
3: 17How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world (kosmos)'s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
4: 1Beloved, 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 (kosmos).
4: 3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world (kosmos).
4: 4Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (kosmos).
4: 5They are from the world (kosmos); therefore what they say is from the world (kosmos), and the world (kosmos) listens to them.
4: 9God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world (kosmos) so that we might live through him.
4: 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world (kosmos).
4: 17Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world (kosmos).
5: 4for whatever is born of God conquers the world (kosmos). And this is the victory that conquers the world (kosmos), our faith.
5: 5Who is it that conquers the world (kosmos) but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
5: 19We know that we are God's children, and that the whole world (kosmos) lies under the power of the evil one.

2 John

1: 7Many deceivers have gone out into the world (kosmos), those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!