| For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth. | For light produces all goodness and righteousness and truth. |
| But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles. | But I have had help from God to this very day, and I stand here and testify to both the lowly and the great. I assert nothing more than what the Prophets and Moses said would occur: that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to the people and to the Gentiles. |
| The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, causing the heart to rejoice. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving light to the eyes. |
| You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. | You, O Lord, are light for my lamp; O my God, you make my darkness turn to light. |
| But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. | However, whoever lives by the truth comes to the light so that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been done in God. |
Bible verse of the day
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.