| 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. | A husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise a wife should fulfill her conjugal obligations to her husband. For a wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, a husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
| 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. | Are you not aware that wrongdoers will never inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, extortioners, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | As for you, my child, take strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.” | This saying can be trusted: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him. |
| As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. | Like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may advance on the path to 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 no holy one like the Lord, there is none beside you, nor is there a rock like our God. |
| May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | May mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. |
| And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. | He is himself the sacrifice for our sins— and not only for our sins 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 close at hand. |
| To which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | It was for this purpose that he called you through our gospel so that you might come to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Who “will pay back to everyone according to their works.” | For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve. |
| But say the things which fit sound doctrine. | As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. |
| Preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. | Preach the message; be persistent in doing so, whether in season or out of season; convince, reprove, and encourage, but with great patience and instruction. |
| Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. | In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. |
| Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. | Therefore, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials and to hold the wicked for punishment until the Day of Judgment. |
| Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. | Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. |
| Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. | Let your attitude be identical to that of Christ Jesus. |
| Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. | Make every effort to present yourself before God as one who is worthy of his approval, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, but who imparts the word of truth without any alteration. |
| Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. |
| For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? | For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? |
| Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. | Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
| Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. | Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. |
| When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows, but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble. |
| It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. | Then it will come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. |
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