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God so loved the world

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People say that by "world" it means everybody. If God loved the world, then He loved everybody in it.

John 17:6 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
John 17:9 "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
John 17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 7:20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word
Jesus does not pray for "the world."
Jesus says His disciples are not "of the world."
Jesus seems to be implying that we (who believe through their word) are also not of the world.
And in all of those passages, including John 3:16, the same word is used G2889 - kosmos
 
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