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| Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. | Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving. |
| As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. | Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering. |
| Diligent labor always yields profit, but idle conversation only leads to poverty. | In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty. |
| A perverse man sows strife, and a tale-bearer destroys close friendships. | A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. |
| I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed. | I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. |
| Such godly sorrow results in repentance that leads to salvation and causes no regret, whereas worldly sorrow produces death. | For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. |
| Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly. | Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. |
| Repent and renounce all your transgressions. Otherwise your iniquity will prove to be your downfall. | Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. |
| Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vanity, but humbly regard others as better than yourselves. | Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. |
| Preach the message; be persistent in doing so, whether in season or out of season; convince, reprove, and encourage, but with great patience and instruction. | Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. |
| John’s clothing was made of camel’s hair, with a leather loincloth around his waist, and his food consisted of locusts and wild honey. | Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God. | Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only delights in expressing his own opinions. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
| God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent. | Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. |
| And where a single man can be overcome, two together will be able to resist. A cord with three strands is not easily broken. | Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| A fool spurns his father’s correction, but whoever heeds admonition is prudent. | A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent. |
| The prudent man perceives danger and seeks shelter, while the simple continue forward and pay the penalty. | A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished. |
| Are you not aware that wrongdoers will never inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, extortioners, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. | Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness lies incessantly. | A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies. |
| The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. | The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body. |
| Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. They took fig leaves and sewed them together, making themselves a covering. | Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. |
| For much wisdom can result in much sorrow, and those who increase their knowledge also increase their grief. | For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. |
| Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of your opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious and seasoned with wisdom, so that you will know how to respond properly to all. | Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. |
| I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| A gentle reply turns away wrath, but a harsh word arouses anger. | A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
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