| And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. | And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
| Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? | Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
| Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. | And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. |
| Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. | God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. | And it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
| We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. | For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. |
| But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. | And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. |
| Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. | Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. |
| We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. | We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law. |
| Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. | But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. |
| Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! | So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! |
| You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. | You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. |
| For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. | For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well. |
| I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! | I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. |
| He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. |
| It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. |
| Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. | For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. |
| For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. | For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. |
| But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. |
| May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had. | May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus. |
| All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. | All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. |
| To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. | For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. |
Bible verse of the day
If either of them falls down,one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
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But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
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