| Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. | Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. |
| As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. | Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” | I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” |
| For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. | It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. |
| The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. | The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the Lord rescues him from them all. |
| A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! | A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! |
| The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. | The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. |
| Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. |
| Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. | From the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way. |
| The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing. | The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes. |
| For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. | For from Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. |
| Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. | Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not get upset because of one who is successful in his way, Because of the person who carries out wicked schemes. |
| The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. | And the Lord will be King over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one. |
| Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. | Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. |
| May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the perseverance of Christ. |
| Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. | Let the peace of Christ, to which you were indeed called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful. |
| For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. | For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. |
| Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. | Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
| “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. | Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. |
| The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. | The one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. |
| If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them. | If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. |
| Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. | Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. | And when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time; for you are not the ones speaking, but it is the Holy Spirit. |
| My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ. | That their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself. |
Bible verse of the day
Defend the weak and the fatherless;uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.