As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. | Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. |
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. | Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yah. |
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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 fell on them, even as 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 have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all 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 Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. | If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. |
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, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” |
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. |
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. | Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also 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. | Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. | Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. |
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. | Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved 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. | 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. |
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, 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. | 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. |
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. | 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. |
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. | Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. |
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. | As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. |
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. |
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are 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 also in Christ all will be made alive. |
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. | Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. |
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. | Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |