For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. | For I determined not to know anything 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. |
He is himself the sacrifice for our sins— and not only for our sins 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 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 which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But say the things which fit sound doctrine. |
For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve. | Who “will pay back to everyone according to their 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 urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. |
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. | Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. |
Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
Let your attitude be identical to that of Christ Jesus. | Have this in your mind, which was also 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. | Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. |
Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. | Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. |
For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? | For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? |
The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. | Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. |
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. | Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. |
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.” |
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 mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. |
When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows, but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble. | When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes 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 Yahweh weighs the hearts. |
Observe my Sabbaths and stand in awe before my sanctuary. I am the Lord. | You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh. |
Each of us must consider his neighbor’s good for the purpose of building him up. | Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. |
Then it will come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. | It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. |
For he guards the paths of justice and keeps watch over the way of his faithful ones. | That he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. |
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A fool spurns his father’s correction,but whoever heeds admonition is prudent.