| Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. | Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. | Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. |
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| Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. | Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. |
| Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil. | Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil. |
| The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. | The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. |
| Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. | Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. |
| Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. | Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
| A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. | A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. |
| Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. | Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. |
| See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. | See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. |
| Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. | Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. |
| Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. |
| It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
| Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. | Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. |
| Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. |
| But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. | But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. |
| Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. |
| And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. | And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. |
| But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. | But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. |
| For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. | For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
| I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. | I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. |
| Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. | “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord. |
| The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. | The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
| 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; So the Lord God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. |
| For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. | For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. |
