Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. | But godliness with contentment is great gain. |
Give us today the food we need. | Give us this day our daily bread. |
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You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate. | Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. |
He will judge everyone according to what they have done. | He will render to each one according to his works. |
Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? | Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? |
And forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! | Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. | Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. |
The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me? | The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? |
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. | Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. |
Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. | Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. |
Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. | Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. |
Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? | Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker. | Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! |
But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. | But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
Such people will not be overcome by evil. Those who are righteous will be long remembered. | For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. |
For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. | That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. | And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. |
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. | My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. |
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. | For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. | He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. |