But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. |
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. | Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. |
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I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. |
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. | And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. |
Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. | Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. |
You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. | You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. |
The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. | Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. |
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. |
You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. | It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. |
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it. | The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. |
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. | Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. |
Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path. | Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. |
And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” | Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” |
Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride. | Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. |
For You are my rock and my fortress; For the sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me. | Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. |
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.” | Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” |
He sent His word and healed them, And saved them from their destruction. | He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. |
And they stripped Him and put a red cloak on Him. And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” | They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. |
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. | For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. |
The Lord makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts. | The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. |
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you. | May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. |
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. | And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
Now while they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” | While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” |
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. | And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. |