世界的定义
约翰在约壹二章十五节说，“不要爱世界，和世界上的事。人若爱世界，爱父的心就不在他里面了。”“世界”在原文里的意义不只一种：在马太二十五章三十四节，约翰十七章十五节，行传十七章二十四节，以弗所一章四节，启示录十三章八节，指物质的宇宙，乃是神所创造的一个系统。在约翰一章二十九节，三章十六节，罗马五章十二节，指堕落的人类被撒但所败坏、霸占，成为他邪恶世界系统的组成分子。在本节，与在约翰十五章十九节，十七章十四节，雅各四章四节一样，乃指一种秩序、一种固定的形式、一种有秩序的安排，因此是指神的对头撒但所设立一种有秩序的系统，而不是指地。神造人在地上生活，是为着完成祂的定旨。但神的仇敌撒但为了霸占神所造的人，就藉着人堕落的性情，在情欲、宴乐、追求，甚至对食衣住行等生活所需的放纵上，用宗教、文化、教育、工业、商业、娱乐等将人系统起来，在地上形成一个反对神的世界系统。这个属撒但的系统整个是卧在那恶者里面。（约壹五19。）不爱这样的世界，乃是胜过那恶者的立场。稍微爱这样的世界，就给那恶者立场击败并霸占我们。
约翰在约壹二章十五节说，我们若爱世界，爱父的心（直译，父的爱）就不在我们里面了。这里父的爱乃是指父在我们里面的爱，成为我们对他的爱。我们用这爱来爱祂，就是用祂爱我们，而经我们享受的爱来爱祂。
对我们来说，明白新约里“世界”一辞不同的意义是很重要的。我们已经指出，世界这辞是用来指物质的宇宙、被撒但败坏并霸占的人类、以及撒但所设立，一种反对神的世界系统，为要霸占神为着完成祂定旨所造的人。末了所题“世界”的定义，适用于二章十五节。这节的世界，是指撒但所形成，反对神的世界系统。每一样东西、每一个人、并每一件事，都已经被那恶者，神的对头系统化，成了他世界系统的一部分。
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Pleasing to God – Do Not Love the World (1) — 1 John 2:15
Definition of the World
In verse 15 John says, “Do not love the world, neither the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” The Greek word for world, kosmos, has more than one meaning. In Matthew 25:34; John 17:15; Acts 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; and Revelation 13:8, it denotes the material universe as a system created by God. In John 1:29; 3:16; and Romans 5:12, it denotes the fallen human race corrupted and usurped by Satan as components for his evil world system. Here, as in John 15:19; 17:14; and James 4:4, it denotes an order, a set form, an orderly arrangement, hence, an ordered system (set up by Satan, the adversary of God), not the earth. God created man to live on the earth for the fulfillment of His purpose. But His enemy Satan, in order to usurp the God-created man, has formed an anti-God world system on this earth by systematizing men with religion, culture, education, industry, commerce and entertainment through men’s fallen nature in their lusts, pleasures, pursuits and even in their indulgence in living necessities, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. The whole of such a satanic system lies in the evil one (1 John 5:19). Not loving such a world is the ground for overcoming the evil one. Loving it just a little gives the evil one the ground to defeat us and occupy us.
In verse 15 John says that if we love the world, the love of the Father is not in us. The love of the Father here is our love toward Him generated by His love within us. We love Him with the love by which He has loved us.
It is important for us to understand the different meanings of the word kosmos in the New Testament. We have pointed out that this word is used to denote the material universe, the fallen human race corrupted and usurped by Satan, and the anti-God world system set up by Satan in order to usurp the man created by God for the fulfillment of His purpose. It is the last mentioned denotation of kosmos that applies to 2:15. In this verse the world refers to the anti-God world system formed by Satan. Every thing, every one, and every matter has been systematized by the evil one, the adversary of God and made a part of his world system.