| For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. | Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. |
| And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. | Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. |
| Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? | Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
| For we have become partakers of Christ if we keep the beginning of our commitment firm until the end. | We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. |
| God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. | God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. | I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
| Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. | Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. |
| So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. | Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. |
| But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ. | Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. |
| We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the Gentiles; nevertheless, knowing that a person is not justified by works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law; since by works of the Law no flesh will be justified. | We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. |
| May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the perseverance of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. |
| I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly. | I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! |
| You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace. | You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. |
| It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. | May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. |
| It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. | It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. |
| 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, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! |
| For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. | Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. |
| For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. |
| For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. | For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. |
| For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. | For I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. |
| And walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. | And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
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