Therefore, accept one another for the glory of God, just as Christ has accepted you. | Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
“Peace be with you,” Jesus said to them again. “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” | Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” |
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Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church, the body of which he is the Savior. | Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. |
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.” | For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” |
Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. | For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
But as for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and therefore you do not need anyone to teach you. This same anointing teaches you everything and is true and not false, so abide in him just as he taught you. | But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing. | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. |
Truly, you bless the righteous, O Lord; you surround them with your goodwill as with a shield. | For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield. |
As for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine. | But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. |
May the Lord, our God, be with us, just as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or abandon us. | The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us. |
For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and listened to my cry for mercy, because he has inclined his ear to me on the day when I called out to him. | I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
For you, O God, have put us to the test; you have purified us as silver is refined. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor. | Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. |
Rather, be kind to one another and compassionate, and forgive one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. | Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. |
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. |
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up to heaven. | And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. |
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. Then the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim he is. | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. |
For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’ As even your own poets have said, ‘We are all his offspring.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ |
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, ‘Streams of living water shall flow from within him.’ | Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ |
Can anyone withhold the water of baptism from these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? | Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? |
Let my teaching fall down like rain, and my words descend like the dew. Like rain upon the sprouts, and like showers upon the grass. | May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. |
As long as I remained silent, my body wasted away as the result of my groaning throughout the day. | For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
However, each one of you should love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife should respect her husband. | However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |