'Of the World' in the Bible

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong,

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand the things freely given to us by God.

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

not at all meaning the immoral people of this world, or with the greedy and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.