You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.” | The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. |
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As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. | Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. |
There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. | There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God. |
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | 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 whole world. | He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. |
Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
To which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
But say the things which fit sound doctrine. | But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. |
Who “will pay back to everyone according to their works.” | He will render to each one according to his works. |
Preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. | Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. |
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. | So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. | Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment. |
Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. | Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. |
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. | So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. |
Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. |
For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? | For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? |
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. |
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. | Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. |
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. | Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. |
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. |
Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men. | Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased! |
It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. | And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. |
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. | Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. |