| The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. | Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband. The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
| Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. | Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom. |
| You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. | This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.” |
| There is no Holy One like the Lord, no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. | There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. |
| Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation. | As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. |
| May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. | And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. |
| Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. | Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! |
| For he will repay according to each one's deeds. | Who “will pay back to everyone according to their works.” |
| For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | To which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. | Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. |
| But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But say the things which fit sound doctrine. |
| Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. | Preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. |
| Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment. | Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. | Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. |
| Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. | Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. |
| Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. | Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. |
| The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts. | Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. |
| For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? | For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? |
| Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. | Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. |
| When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble. | When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” |
| Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. | It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. |
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