| And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. | And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. |
| Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. | Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. |
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| A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. |
| Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. |
| So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. | Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. |
| Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. | Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |
| He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. | He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water. |
| But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. | But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. |
| For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. | ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ |
| And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. | The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
| Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. | Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is. Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure. |
| For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. | For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. |
| Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. | You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. |
| And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. | Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. |
| For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. | You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you. |
| If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. | If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. |
| And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. | The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them. |
| As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. | As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me. |
| And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. | Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. |
| And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you. | May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you. |
| But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. | 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. |
| But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. | But say the things which fit sound doctrine. |
| For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. | For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” |
| But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. |
