| Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your gracious Spirit lead me along a level path. |
| Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. | Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are God, my Savior, and in you I hope all the day long. |
| For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. | That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service. |
| Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. | Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you may be, when you pass judgment on others. For in judging others you condemn yourself, since you are doing the same things. |
| 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.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’ As even your own poets have said, ‘We are all his offspring.’ |
| There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. |
| I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? | I, I alone, am the one who comforts you. Why then do you fear mortal men who must die, human beings who must perish like grass? |
| And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ | I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
| Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. | Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing. |
| If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple. |
| But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” |
| The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. | The name of the Lord is a tower of strength; the upright man runs to it and finds refuge. |
| The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up. | The words of a wise man win favor, but a fool’s tongue is his undoing. |
| Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. | Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and utter all kinds of calumnies against you for my sake. |
| My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. | My life is in your hands; deliver me from the power of my enemies, from the clutches of those who pursue me. |
| Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. | Speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves, and defend the rights of the destitute. |
| You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah | You are a place of refuge for me; you preserve me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah |
| Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” | Then Jesus said to him, “You have come to believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” |
| But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. For God all things are possible.” |
| See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Therefore, take care to live as intelligent people, and do not be like those who are senseless. Make the most of the present time, for this is a wicked age. |
| For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. | For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for a life of good works that God had prepared for us to do. |
| 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. | I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. |
| There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? | There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to pass judgment on a neighbor? |
| Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them. | Let those who are wise understand these words, and let the prudent acknowledge them. For straight are the ways of the Lord; the upright walk in them, but sinners stumble. |
| Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. | Beloved, do not trust every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
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