| That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. | 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. |
| Let all that you do be done in love. | Everything that you do should be done in love. |
| But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. | 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. |
| And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. | 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. |
| For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. | 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 I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. | For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. |
| Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” | Do not let anyone lead you astray. “Bad company corrupts good morals.” |
| Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. | No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. |
| Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. | 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. |
| Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. | Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. |
| 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 as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. | Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ. |
| For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building. | For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building. |
| But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | However, to avoid the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
| 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. |
| These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. | However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. |
| So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. | Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. |
| And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. |
| Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? | Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? |
| For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being. | For since death came into the world through a man, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man. |
| God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. | God is faithful, and it is by him that you have been called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him” | 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.” |
| If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple. |
| For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God. | And just as no human being comprehends any person’s innermost being except the person’s own spirit within him, so also no one comprehends what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. |
| Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. | Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. |
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