| Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. | Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. |
| Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. | Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. |
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| Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation. | And, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. |
| For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. |
| Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. | But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
| Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. | Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. | Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. |
| For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. | For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. |
| Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ. | Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah. |
| Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. | In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. |
| We are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. | We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. |
| This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. | This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. |
| You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you. | Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. |
| For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. | For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. |
| Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. | Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. |
| And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. | And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. |
| Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. | 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. |
| You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. | You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. |
| Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.” | Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” |
| Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
| When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. |
| Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. |
| Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. | Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. |
