The World By John Gill (One Of Three)

I have a number of favorite Bible passages. Below are two.

John 3
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Comment on John 3:16 By John Gill
....not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human nature; for all are not the objects of God's special love...yet rather the Gentiles particularly, and God's elect among them, are meant; who are often called "the world," and "the whole world," and "the nations of the world," as distinct from the Jews...

John 17
9 ....I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

Comment On John 17:9 By John Gill
"I pray not for the world:" the inhabitants of it, the carnal unbelieving part of the world, which lie in sin, and will be condemned; as he died not for them, so he prayed not for them.