WORLD; WORLDLY; WORLDLINESS ｜ 世界与属世

ENWORLD; WORLDLY; WORLDLINESS. Five Hebrew and five Greek words are translated by the common term "world." In the main they carry five distinct references: 1. To the whole creation: Acts 17:24. God that made the world and all things therein. 2. To the earth, as the sphere of man's abode: Matt. 24:14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world. 3. To the age, or ages, of indefinite time—the dispensations: 1 Cor. 10:11; Heb. 9:26. 4. To all the inhabitants of the earth: Rom. 3:19; 1 Cor. 1:21. 5. Pre-eminently, to the body of unregenerate men: 1 John 5:19. And the whole world lieth in wickedness. (So also John 8:23; 16:8; 17:14, 16; Eph. 2:2; Col. 2:20.) But the word "worldly," and the familiar though not Scriptural term "worldliness," have also special references and applications of a moral character and bearing. 1. To the supreme objects desired and sought by worldly or unregenerate men: 1 Cor. 7:33. But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world. Ps. 17:14. From men of the world, which have their portion in this life. 2. To the controlling spirit or temper of unregenerate men, indicating their moral character as ungodly and evil: John 3:19. And men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 1 Cor. 2:12. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God. Eph. 2:2, 3. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. 1 John 2:16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 2 Cor. 4:4. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.

BSB1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

中世界；属世的；属世（worldliness）。有五个希伯来文词与五个希腊文词，都被译作『世界』这一通用词。大体上它们有五种不同的所指：一、指整个受造界：使徒行传 17:24 —— 创造宇宙和其中万物的神。二、指地球，即人居住的场所：马太福音 24:14 —— 这天国的福音要传遍天下。三、指世代、诸世代，即不定的时间段——各时期的安排：哥林多前书 10:11；希伯来书 9:26。四、指地上所有的居民：罗马书 3:19；哥林多前书 1:21。五、最主要的一义，指未重生之人的总体：约翰一书 5:19 —— 全世界都卧在那恶者手下。（另参约翰福音 8:23；16:8；17:14, 16；以弗所书 2:2；歌罗西书 2:20。）而『属世的』一词，以及那个虽不见于圣经却已通用的『属世』（worldliness）一词，还另有其道德性质与道德意味的特殊所指与用法。一、指属世之人（未重生之人）所渴慕、所追求的至高对象：哥林多前书 7:33 —— 娶了妻的，是为世上的事挂虑。诗篇 17:14 —— 求你……救我脱离世人，他们只在今生有福分。二、指未重生之人那主导性的心志或性情，表明其道德品格是不虔而邪恶的：约翰福音 3:19 —— 世人因自己的行为是恶的，不爱光倒爱黑暗。哥林多前书 2:12 —— 我们所领受的，并不是世上的灵，乃是从神来的灵。以弗所书 2:2-3 —— 那时你们在其中行事为人，随从今世的风俗，顺服空中掌权者的首领，就是现今在悖逆之子心中运行的邪灵。约翰一书 2:16 —— 因为凡世界上的事，就像肉体的情欲、眼目的情欲，并今生的骄傲，都不是从父来的，乃是从世界来的。哥林多后书 4:4 —— 此等不信之人被这世界的神弄瞎了心眼。

ENInjunctions and counsels against worldliness and worldly living: Rom. 12:2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. 2 Cor. 6:17. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 1 John 2:15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Titus 2:12. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly (with reference to ourselves), righteously (toward our fellow-men), and godly (toward God), in this present world. Ps. 62:10. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 1 Tim. 6:17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 1 Cor. 7:31. And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. James 1:27. And to keep himself unspotted from the world. And the prayer of the psalmist: Ps. 119:37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity. [By nonconformity is meant not merely outward avoidance, but inward alienation. The ways of the world are to have no home in the Christian's soul; the pleasures of the world are to have no attraction; the deceits of the world are to bring no gratification.]

BSBRomans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

中反对属世与属世生活的命令与劝勉：罗马书 12:2 —— 不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化。哥林多后书 6:17 —— 主说：你们务要从他们中间出来，与他们分别，不要沾不洁净的物，我就收纳你们。约翰一书 2:15 —— 不要爱世界和世界上的事。提多书 2:12 —— 教训我们除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情欲，在今世自守（对自己而言）、公义（对他人而言）、敬虔（对神而言）度日。诗篇 62:10 —— 若财宝加增，不要放在心上。提摩太前书 6:17 —— 你要嘱咐那些今世富足的人，不要自高，也不要倚靠无定的钱财；只要倚靠那厚赐百物给我们享受的神。哥林多前书 7:31 —— 用世物的，要像不滥用世物；因为这世界的样子将要过去了。雅各书 1:27 —— 并且保守自己不沾染世俗。以及诗人的祷告：诗篇 119:37 —— 求你叫我转眼不看虚假。〔所谓『不效法』，指的不只是外在的回避，更是内心的疏离。世界的作风在基督徒灵魂里不可有安身之处；世界的享乐对他不可有吸引力；世界的诡诈也不可给他任何快意。〕

ENReasons for non-conformity to, and separation from, the worldly. First, the evanescence of earthly interests and pleasures (Ps. 49:6-17; Ps. 73:4-12, 16-20). Second, worldly living fails to satisfy: Isa. 55:2. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? Eccl. 2:22, 23. For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? For all his days are sorrows. Eccl. 1:2. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher . . . all is vanity. Eccl. 6:12. For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? Third, alliances with worldly men lead to hurt and loss (illustration: Jehoshaphat and Ahab): 2 Tim. 4:10. For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. 2 Cor. 7:10. But the sorrow of the world worketh death. 1 Tim. 5:6. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 2 Pet. 1:4. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. James 4:4. Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? 1 John 2:15. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

BSBJames 4:4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

中不效法属世之人、与他们分别的理由。第一，地上的利益与享乐转瞬即逝（诗篇 49:6-17；73:4-12, 16-20）。第二，属世的生活不能使人满足：以赛亚书 55:2 —— 你们为何花钱买那不足为食物的？用劳碌得来的买那不使人饱足的呢？传道书 2:22-23 —— 人在日光之下劳碌累心，在他一切的劳碌上得着什么呢？因为他日日忧虑。1:2 —— 传道者说：虚空的虚空，凡事都是虚空。6:12 —— 人一生虚度的日子，就如影儿经过，谁知道什么与他有益呢？第三，与属世之人结盟必致受害受损（例证：约沙法与亚哈）：提摩太后书 4:10 —— 因为底马贪爱现今的世界，就离弃我了。哥林多后书 7:10 —— 世俗的忧愁是叫人死。提摩太前书 5:6 —— 但那好宴乐的寡妇，正活着的时候也是死的。彼得后书 1:4 —— 既脱离世上从情欲来的败坏。雅各书 4:4 —— 岂不知与世俗为友就是与神为敌吗？约翰一书 2:15 —— 人若爱世界，爱父的心就不在他里面了。

EN[Christian alliances with openly evil men do not command the respect of the very men for whose favor they are formed. Men of the world are very keen in their judgments of Christian character: they know what consistent Christian living is, when they see it, as well as we do. Indeed, their theoretic ideal of a Christian life is commonly more exalted than that of the men who are struggling to realize it; no other class of men are so prompt to tell us what they would do if they believed as we do, as those who believe nothing. An upright and downright Christian they always revere; in heart they make obeisance to him as to no other type of man. Do you not know some godless man who professes to have lost all faith in religion, but who makes exception of one humble Christian woman—his mother, perhaps, or his sister, or his wife? "If ever a human being gets to heaven, she will," is his testimony; and that one life keeps open to his faith the celestial gates. Yes, the world reveres the honest principles of our religion in plain, honest lives. A. Phelps.] The regenerated believer is assured of overcoming power: 1 John 5:4, 5. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? And there is the assurance and the intercessory prayer of Christ: John 16:33. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 17:15. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

BSB1 John 5:4 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

中〔基督徒与公然作恶之人结盟，并不能赢得他们所要讨好之人的敬重。属世的人对基督徒品格的判断极其敏锐：他们一见到言行一致的基督徒生活，就跟我们一样认得出那是什么。事实上，他们心目中关于基督徒生活的理论标准，往往比那些正努力去活出它的人所定的还要高；世上再没有哪一类人像那些什么都不信的人那样，动辄告诉我们『假如我们像你们那样相信，我们会怎样做』。对一个正直而彻底的基督徒，他们总是心存敬重；在心里，他们向这样的人俯首，那是他们不肯向任何别种人所行的。你难道不认识某个不敬虔的人吗？他自称对宗教已全然失去信心，却单单为某一位卑微的基督徒妇女破例——也许是他的母亲、姐妹，或妻子。他的见证是：『若真有人能上天堂，那必是她。』就是那一个生命，为他的信心把天上的门一直敞着。是的，世界所敬重的，正是我们的信仰在朴素诚实之生命中所体现的诚实原则。费尔普斯（A. Phelps）〕重生的信徒有得胜之能力的确据：约翰一书 5:4-5 —— 因为凡从神生的，就胜过世界；使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心。胜过世界的是谁呢？不是那信耶稣是神儿子的吗？此外还有基督的保证与代求：约翰福音 16:33 —— 在世上你们有苦难；但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。17:15 —— 我不求你叫他们离开世界，只求你保守他们脱离那恶者。