I agree with Calvin who wrote in his commentery of John 17:21:What did Christ mean by the phrase "the world" (greek: kosmos)?
"That the world may believe." Some explain the word world to mean the elect, who, at that time, were still dispersed; but since the word world, throughout the whole of this chapter, denotes the reprobate, I am more inclined to adopt a different opinion."
And in his commentary on John 3:16, "the Heavenly Father loves the human race, and wishes that they should not perish."
Can you make a case for why Jesus would refer to the world of reprobates all through the text but then suddenly and without qualification switch to speak of the elect world? Even Calvin himself rejects such an interpretation.
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