| May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. | May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. | Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. |
| Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. | Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
| God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” | For he will repay according to each one's deeds. |
| For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. | For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen. |
| Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. | Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. |
| Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. | Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. |
| Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. | Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. |
| But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. | But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. |
| For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. | For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. |
Bible verse of the day
Who is he, this King of glory?The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory.