Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment. | Godliness produces great gain, but only to those who are content. |
Give us this day our daily bread. | Give us this day our daily bread. |
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Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. | Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. |
For he will repay according to each one's deeds. | For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve. |
Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? | Or can a man walk on red-hot coals without scorching his feet? |
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. |
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be. |
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! | Let everything that breathes offer praise to the Lord. Alleluia. |
With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me? | With the Lord to protect me I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me? |
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. | Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power. |
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | Whoever feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I dwell in him. |
Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. | Seek the Lord while he still may be found; call to him when he is close at hand. |
A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | The lips of a fool cause strife, and his mouth provokes a flogging. |
Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? | What then if you were to behold the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? |
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! | Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. |
But whenever 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. | But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you. |
For the righteous will never be moved; they will be remembered forever. | He will never be swayed; the righteous man will be remembered forever. |
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. | What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. | At the appointed time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for the ungodly. |
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. | Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows. |
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord himself is the one who bestows wisdom; from his mouth come forth knowledge and understanding. |
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand unshaken. |
And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. | And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. |