And while that same term "world" is used in Scripture to denote the whole of reprobate, wicked men, as they are in darkness, and as they subject all things in their universe to their own sinful mind and will, and use all things in the service of sin, it is used in John 3:16 to denote the sum total of the elect as an organic whole, the body of Christ, the church, again in connection with the whole universe.
At yamang ang katulad na katagang "sanlibutan" na ginagamit sa Kasulatan ay tinutukoy ang kabuuang itinakwil (rebrobate), na mga masasamang tao, habang sila’y nasa kadiliman, at habang ipinapailalim nila sa kanilang sariling makasalanang kaisipan at kalooban, ang lahat ng bagay sa kanilang sansinukob, ginagamit ito sa Juan 3:16 upang tukuyin ang kalahatan ng mga hinirang (elect) bilang isang-katawan, ang katawan ni Cristo, ang iglesya, muli kaugnay ng buong sansinukob.