| Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. | Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. |
| Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. | Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. |
| Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this. |
| Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test! | Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. |
| But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. | But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
| I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in 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 show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know. |
| Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. | Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. |
| Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. | The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. |
| 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.” | But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of 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 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. | Who exchanged the truth of 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 vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting. |
| What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? | What is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? |
| You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. |
| Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. | Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. |
| So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. | So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. |
| Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. | Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. |
| But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. | But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. |
| I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. | I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. |
| 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. | He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. |
| So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. | So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request. |
| 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. | I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing. |
| Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts. |
| Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. | Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. |
| While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
| 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. | Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
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