So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. |
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid. | Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. |
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A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent. | A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. |
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. | He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. |
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. |
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. | For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. |
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. | For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. |
And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. | The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever. |
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray. | He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray. |
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. | He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. |
Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace. |
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. |
Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. | Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. |
Yet I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. | Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. |
It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. | House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. |
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. | But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. |
Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” | Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.” |
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. | Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. |
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. |
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” | But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” |
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. |
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. |
For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. | For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |