| Hatred stirs up strife, but love overlooks all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. |
| Jesus traveled all throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every type of disease and illness among the people. | Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. |
| Be joyful in your hope. Be patient in times of affliction. Persevere in prayer. | Rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer. |
| Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. | Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. |
| A generous person will be enriched; he who refreshes others will also be refreshed. | The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. |
| For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to the entire human race. It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly. | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age. |
| The lips of a fool cause strife, and his mouth provokes a flogging. | A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. |
| I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ | I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
| About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. | But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new. | Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. |
| Behold, I am coming soon, and I will bring with me my reward to repay everyone as his deeds deserve. | Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. |
| Until a spirit from on high is poured out upon us, and the wilderness becomes an orchard and the fruitful field becomes a forest. | Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. |
| I also ask that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing. They should be adorned not with braided hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is fitting for women who profess their reverence for God. | In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness. |
| As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But say the things which fit sound doctrine. |
| But Jesus has now received a ministry that is far superior, for he is the mediator of a far better covenant that has been established on better promises. | But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. |
| Finally, brethren, let your minds be filled with whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, whatever is excellent, whatever is worthy of praise. | Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. |
| Welcome anyone whose faith is weak, but do not get into arguments about doubts. | Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. |
| When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows, but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble. | When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. |
| Speak out and pronounce righteous judgments; defend the rights of the wretched and the poor. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. |
| Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say: Rejoice! | Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” |
| Indeed, fornication and impurity of any kind, as well as greed, should not even be mentioned among you. Such talk is not fitting for saints. | But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints. |
| For we will become partners with Christ only if we maintain firmly until the end the confidence we originally had. | For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end. |
| Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing, but a righteous life brings delivery from death. | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. |
| Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before. | Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
| The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom, and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding. | Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. |
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Where can I go to hide from your spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to the heavens, you are there;
if I take my rest in the netherworld, you are also there.