| While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud cast a shadow over them. Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.” | While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” |
| I am confident of this: that the one who began a good work in you will bring it to completion on the day of Christ Jesus. | Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. |
| Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.” | And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” |
| Blessed are you when people hate you and ostracize you, when they insult you and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. | Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake. |
| I press on toward the finishing line to win the heavenly prize to which God has called me in Christ Jesus. | I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. |
| Therefore, accept one another for the glory of God, just as Christ has accepted you. | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. |
| The one who gives this testimony says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! | He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! |
| If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. | If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. |
| All I want is to come to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share in his sufferings by becoming conformed to his death. | That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. |
| For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so too, through Christ, do we receive our consolation. | For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. |
| At the appointed time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for the ungodly. | For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. |
| However, you, dear friends, must build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in the love of God as you await our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy, who will grant you eternal life. | But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. |
| As for you, my child, take strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal. | Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him. |
| Jesus then said, “I will remain with you only for a short time longer, and then I shall return to him who sent me.” | Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.” |
| Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| I do not set aside the grace of God, for if justification comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing. | I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain. |
| To anyone who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, as I myself overcame and sat with my Father on his throne. | To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. |
| God is faithful, and it is by him that you have been called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. | God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| “Peace be with you,” Jesus said to them again. “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” | So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” |
| You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. | You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. |
| She will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. | And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. |
| Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. | Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. |
| And said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. For the one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest.” | And said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.” |
| In other words, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, and not holding people’s transgressions against them, and he committed to us the message of reconciliation. | That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. |
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