| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You then, my child, be strong in 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 sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him. |
| As newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow. | Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow 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 no Holy One like the Lord, no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. |
| May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. |
| And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. | And he is the atoning sacrifice 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 has come near. |
| To which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | 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. |
| Who “will pay back to everyone according to their works.” | For he will repay according to each one's deeds. |
| But say the things which fit sound doctrine. | But 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. | Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. |
| Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. | So faith by itself, if it has no 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 trial, and to keep the unrighteous under 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. | Shun 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. |
| Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. | Let the same mind be in you that was in 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. | 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. |
| Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts. |
| 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? |
| 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. | Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. |
| When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble. |
| It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. | Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. |
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