| No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. | No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. |
| For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink. | For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. |
| For the carved images of the nations are powerless; they are nothing more than wood cut from a forest, fashioned with a knife by craftsmen and embellished with silver and gold. Then they are fastened with hammers and nails to prevent them from toppling. Like scarecrows in a cucumber field they are unable to speak, and they must be carried from place to place since they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they can do no harm, nor do they have any power to do good. | For the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. |
| Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself. | Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. |
| The body is one, although it has many parts; and all the parts, though many, form one body. So it is with Christ. | For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. |
| For just as in one body we have many parts, and the parts do not all have the same function, so we, though many, make up one body in Christ, and individually we are all parts of one another. | For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. |
| Owe nothing to anyone except the debt of love you owe one another. The one who loves others has fulfilled the Law. | Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
| No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. |
| I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. |
| For just as through the disobedience of one man the many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man the many will be made righteous. | For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. |
| The love of money is the root of all evils, and in their desire for it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many serious wounds. | For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. |
| Do not let anyone lead you astray. “Bad company corrupts good morals.” | Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” |
| Rather, be kind to one another and compassionate, and forgive one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. | Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. |
| For we are not struggling against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, the powers, and the cosmic rulers of this present darkness, and against the spirits of evil in the heavens. | For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. |
| One person may consider one day to be more sacred than another, while another may judge all days to be alike. Let everyone be convinced in his own beliefs. | One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. | Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. |
| Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing. | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. |
| The Lord will become king over the whole earth. When that day comes, he will be the only Lord, and his name will be the only name. | And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one. |
| There is no holy one like the Lord, there is none beside you, nor is there a rock like our God. | There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. |
| Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. | Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. |
| Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will persist in their evil ways. | Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand. |
| For us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist. | 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. |
| This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples: if you love one another. | By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
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