Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. | Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. |
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. | A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
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Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name. | And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. |
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. |
The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever. | And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. |
Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. | Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. |
But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. | Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. |
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. |
Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
Now then, do away with the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel. | “Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.” |
One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination. | One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. |
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. | Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. |
Then, when they had fasted, prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. | Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. |
For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him. | For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him. |
So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. | Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh, For childhood and youth are vanity. |
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. | Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God. |
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! | For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. |
Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. | Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. |
Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all guilt And receive us graciously, So that we may present the fruit of our lips.” | Take words with you, And return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.” |
And you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. | So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. |
And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. | And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. |
Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. | Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. |
Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. | If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. |
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace. | You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. |
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. | Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. |