'Of the World' in the Bible

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that is of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world --

and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.