For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. | For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. |
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His descendants.’ | For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ |
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And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ | And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ |
Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing. | Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. |
You are my hiding place; You keep me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah |
The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. | Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. |
For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, in order to keep you from doing whatever you want. | For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. |
And looking at them, Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” |
Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him. | The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. |
My times are in Your hand; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me. | My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. |
Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. | Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince. |
And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ |
For just as we have many parts in one body and all the body’s parts do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another. | For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. |
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. | If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. |
Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life. | Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life. |
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” | Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” |
Brothers and sisters, even if a person is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you are not tempted as well. | Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. |
Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. | Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. |
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.” | But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” |
You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am. | You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. |
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. | For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. |
So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. | See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. | Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. |
I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. | I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. |
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. |