PRESENT CENTURY
In certain versions the term Gr. is also translated as world. “aïôn”, which means “age, period of time, century” (cf. the expression “forever and ever” in Rev. 1:1-18). The “end of the world” (Mt. 13:39; 24:3 in the Old KJV) does not mean the end of the cosmos that will come later, but the end of the present age.
A certain sin will not be forgiven in this world (“age,” KJV) nor in the world to come (Matt. 12:32). The cares of this age prevent the seed from bearing fruit (Mt. 13:22). The same expression century shows us the brief and passing nature of our current world.