| Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. | Rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer. |
| Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. | Let love of the brothers and sisters continue. Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. |
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| A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. |
| Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. | One who loves discipline loves knowledge, But one who hates rebuke is stupid. |
| And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. | Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. |
| Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. | Therefore, treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. |
| Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. | Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves. |
| A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. | A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
| Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. | Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor, Obtain justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow’s case. |
| Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. | So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. |
| Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. | Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. |
| In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. | Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. |
| Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. | Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. |
| Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. | Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered. |
| For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. | Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. |
| Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. | How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! |
| Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. | Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing. |
| And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. | They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. |
| He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. | One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. |
| He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must increase, but I must decrease. |
| Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. | Therefore, ridding yourselves of all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. |
| The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. | The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. |
| Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. | By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised. |
| Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. | Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction. |
| Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. | Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. |
