You shall serve the Lord, your God. He will bless your bread and water and take away sickness from your midst. | You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. |
Beloved, I pray that everything is going well with you and that your bodily health is equal to that of your soul. | Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers. |
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He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. | He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. |
A cheerful heart is excellent medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God, and that you are not your own? You have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body. | Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. |
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. You received without payment; give in the same way. | Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. |
Pleasing words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
Do not pride yourself on your own wisdom; fear the Lord and turn your back on evil. This will provide healing for your flesh and restore strength to your body. | Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones. |
When Jesus heard this, he said, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but rather those who are sick.” | When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.” |
Banish grief from your heart and ignore the sufferings of your body, for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. | Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
While physical training has some value, the benefits of godliness are unlimited, since it holds out promise not only for this life but also for the life to come. | For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. |
Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. |