| But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear. | But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you. |
| Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. | Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. |
| Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
| Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.” | In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” |
| My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. | May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth. |
| And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. | Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters, since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ. |
| But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. |
| For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. | For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. |
| Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. |
| Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. | No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. |
| Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. | Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
| For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. | All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. |
| As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. | This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. |
| Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. | Let the believer who is lowly boast in being raised up, and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field. |
| As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. | This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. |
| Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. |
| When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. | When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. |
| But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit. | And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. |
| This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. | He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. |
| For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. | For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. |
| For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
| Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. | Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. |
| Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
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