Numerous words in the English language have different meanings depending on the context. For example, the word bank could mean a financial institution, river side, or sharp curve. The Hebrew and Greek languages of the Bible are no different. For instance the Greek word kosmos, usually translated world, could mean the planet earth, the people on the earth, or the philosophical system of people on the earth. When John 3:16 reveals that God so loved the world which definition
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