| In other words, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, and not holding people’s transgressions against them, and he committed to us the message of reconciliation. | That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. |
| And as we gaze upon the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, all of us are being transformed into that same image from glory to glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. | And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. |
| Everything that you do should be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
| But he answered me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” Hence, I will boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell within me. | But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. |
| For the love of Christ urges us forward, once we conclude that one has died for all, and therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who for their sakes died and was raised to life. | For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. |
| Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. | Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. |
| Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercy and the God of all consolation. He consoles us in all our afflictions and thereby enables us to console others in their tribulations, offering them the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
| Do not let anyone lead you astray. “Bad company corrupts good morals.” | Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” |
| The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. | The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. |
| For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. | For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| 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. |
| Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ. | For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. |
| For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building. | For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. |
| But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| However, to avoid the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
| However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. | These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. |
| Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. | So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. | So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
| Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
| For since death came into the world through a man, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man. | For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. |
| For as it is written, “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has the human heart imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” | But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” |
| God is faithful, and it is by him that you have been called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. | God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. | Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. |
| 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. |
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and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
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