| As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. | Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. |
| Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. | Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. |
| The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. | The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. |
| Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. | Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. |
| The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. | Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. |
| But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” | But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” |
| Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. | Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done. |
| And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. | Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. |
| For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. | I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. |
| What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? | What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? |
| You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah | You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah |
| So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. | So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. |
| Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. | Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
| But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. | But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. |
| And I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. | I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. |
| But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. | But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. |
| So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. | So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
| And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. | I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. |
| When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. | When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. |
| But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. |
| For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. | Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people. |
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