For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. | For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him. | And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. |
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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. | Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. |
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you. | Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. |
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. |
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. | My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. |
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. | Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. |
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. | You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you. |
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. | And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. |
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. | Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. |
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. | For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. |
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. | Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the Lord God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. |
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. | And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. |
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. | For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. |
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus. | And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. |
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. | You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. |
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. | So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. |
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed. |
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. | Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. |
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. | Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. |
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” | Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” |