For if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. | If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. |
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God. | I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil. |
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Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. | Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. |
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. |
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. | For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. |
You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. | You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. |
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly. | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. |
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. | If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. |
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. | To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. | God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. |
There is a way which seems right to a person, But its end is the way of death. | There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death. |
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. | So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. |
In the same way, faith also, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. | So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. |
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”. | Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”. |
One who walks in integrity walks securely, But one who perverts his ways will be found out. | Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. |
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. |
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body. | Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. |
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ |
I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. | I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. |
For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul? | For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? |
Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. | Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. |
The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. | Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. |
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work. | All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. |
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. | If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. |