For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. | For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
May mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. | May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
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He is himself the sacrifice for our sins— and not only for our sins but also for the sins of 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 close at hand. | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. |
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. | To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. |
For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve. | He will render to each one according to his works. |
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. | Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. |
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. | So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
Let your attitude be identical to that of Christ Jesus. | Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. |
Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with 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. |
Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. | Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. |
For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? | For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? |
The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. |
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. | 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. |
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. |
Fix your thoughts on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth. | Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. |
When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows, but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble. | When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. |
A man’s ways may seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
Observe my Sabbaths and stand in awe before my sanctuary. I am the Lord. | You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. |
Each of us must consider his neighbor’s good for the purpose of building him up. | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
Then it will come to pass that everyone who calls 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. |
For he guards the paths of justice and keeps watch over the way of his faithful ones. | Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. |