But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin. | Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one. |
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me. | Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your cataracts; all your waves and your billows have gone over me. |
One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. | One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. |
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. | And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. |
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life. | But those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. |
And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road. | Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. |
For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. |
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate. | The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. |
Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. |
“And tear your heart and not merely your garments.” Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in mercy And relenting of catastrophe. | Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. |
But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
For the Lord loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated. | For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. |
As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. | As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. |
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. | Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. |
For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? | For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? |
Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly. |
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. |
But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. |
The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness. | The Almighty —we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate. |
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? | Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? |
One who loves discipline loves knowledge, But one who hates rebuke is stupid. | Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid. |
However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself bore, And our pains that He carried; Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted, Struck down by God, and humiliated. | Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. |
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