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I Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world
(aion), nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children
of this world (aion) are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world (aion), and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other
things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 10:30
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters,
and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world (aion) to come
eternal (aionian) life.

Luke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world (aion), and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Hebrews 6:5
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world (aion) to come...

John 9:32
Since the world (aion) began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that
was born blind.

These verses represent a fair sampling of the many ways in which the Greek word aion has
been translated. In other places, the translators have rendered this same word as "eternity,"
"for ever," "for ever and ever," and "everlasting." Following are a few examples.

Ephesians 3:11
According to the eternal (aionian) purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord...

Hebrews 6:2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead,
and of eternal (aionian) judgment.

Revelation 19:2-3
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did
corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her
hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever (aions) and ever
(aions).

Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever (aions) and
ever (aions).