Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God. | Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. |
Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, The flame of the Lord. | 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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As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our wrongdoings 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 Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. |
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning. | As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. |
I will sing to 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. |
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. | Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. |
As sorrowful yet always 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. |
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. | If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. |
“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like 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.” |
May my teaching drip as the rain, My speech trickle as the dew, As droplets on the fresh grass, And as the showers on the vegetation. | 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. |
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. |
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. |
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. | Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your 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. |
Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. | Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. |
As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. | As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. |
And do not go on presenting the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your body’s parts as instruments of righteousness for 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. |
This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. |
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. | For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. |
I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my pleas. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. | I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. | As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. |
The Lord also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had. | Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person. | Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. |