| And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” | Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” |
| By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life. | Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. |
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| Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. | Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. |
| Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. |
| Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. | Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. |
| “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” | “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” |
| So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. |
| And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. | When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. |
| You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. | You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. |
| Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. | About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. |
| Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. | Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. |
| I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. | I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. |
| He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. | Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. |
| I will extol You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever. | I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. |
| Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. | We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. |
| And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. | The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. |
| Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. | Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. |
| Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord. | Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. |
| And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God 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. |
| For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. | For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. |
| Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. | Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. |
| And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. | Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah. |
| Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. | The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. |
