| But godliness with contentment is great gain. | Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment. |
| The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts. |
| 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. | Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand. |
| Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. | Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. |
| For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. | For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. | But I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified. |
| Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. | Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ. | I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself. |
| But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. |
| Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” | Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” |
| A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. | A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent. |
| Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. | Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. |
| Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. | Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. |
| Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. | Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls. |
| Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. | Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
| For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. | For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure. |
| And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. | Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. |
| Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. | I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. |
| For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. | Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. |
| Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. | Tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to talk back, not to pilfer, but to show complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Savior. |
| For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish. | I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish. |
| Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. | Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. |
| For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. |
| Understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. | This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. |
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