Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. | But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. |
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, just as your Father is merciful. |
He will judge everyone according to what they have done. | Who will repay each person according to his deeds. |
Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? | Or can a person 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! | Everything that has breath shall 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 for me; 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 thereby 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. | The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. |
Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating. | A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings. |
Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? | What then if you 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. | Come, let’s worship and bow down, Let’s 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 as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. |
Such people will not be overcome by evil. Those who are righteous will be long remembered. | For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever. |
And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. | And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. |
For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. | I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah |
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. | For while we were still helpless, 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 alone is my rock and my salvation, My refuge; I will not be shaken. |
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. | That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. |
My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. | My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother. |