| Who among you is wise and understanding? Prove by your good life that your works are done with the humility that comes from wisdom. | Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. |
| Whoever gains wisdom loves his own soul; one who cherishes understanding will prosper. | One who gets wisdom loves his own soul; One who keeps understanding will find good. |
| Commit your way to the Lord; place your trust in him, and he will act. He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and the justice of your cause, like the noonday. | Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring out your righteousness as the light, And your judgment as the noonday. |
| So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own. | So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. |
| Let no one regard you with contempt because of your youth, but serve as an example to the believers in your speech and conduct, in your love, your faith, and your purity. | Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. |
| Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may show yourselves blameless and beyond reproach, children of God without spot in the midst of an evil and depraved generation, among which you shine like lights in the world as you hold fast tenaciously to the word of life. | Do all things without complaining or arguments; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding firmly the word of life. |
| This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exult and rejoice in it. | This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it. |
| Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it. |
| Now we know that if the earthly tent in which we live is destroyed, we have a dwelling prepared for us by God, a dwelling in the heavens, not made with human hands, that will be eternal. | For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. |
| Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. |
| The heart is more deceitful than any other thing, and it is also perverse. Who can uncover its secrets? I, the Lord, search the heart and probe the mind to reward all according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve. | The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, To give to each person according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. |
| My son, do not forget my teaching, but cherish my commandments in your heart, for they will bring you length of days, more years of life, and an abundance of prosperity. | My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you. |
| God’s love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him. | By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. |
| He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end. | He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. |
| “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not allow myself to be dominated by anything. | All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. |
| For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
| Ensure that the path you tread is level, and then your ways will be sure. | Watch the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established. |
| Blessed is the man who perseveres when he is tempted, for when he has been proven, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. | Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. |
| Therefore, heed my words. Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body and what you will wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” |
| Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. | I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. |
| If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well. |
| If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. | 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. |
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