| As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. | Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. |
| Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. | Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. |
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| And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. | As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. |
| As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
| I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
| I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. | I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. |
| If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. | If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. |
| Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. | “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” |
| As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. | Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. |
| Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. | Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. |
| And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. | After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. |
| And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
| Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. | Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. |
| My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. | Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. |
| See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. |
| For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. | All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. |
| Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. | Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. |
| And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. | Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
| As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. | As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. |
| This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. |
| For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. | For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. |
| For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. | For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. |
| As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. | As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. |
| Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. | Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
