| Be joyful in your hope. Be patient in times of affliction. Persevere in prayer. | Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. |
| Let no one regard you with contempt because of your youth, but serve as an example to the believers in your speech and conduct, in your love, your faith, and your purity. | Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. |
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| Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord, our God. | Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. |
| Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power. | Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. |
| Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. |
| It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to place your trust in mortals. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. |
| Do not let your hearts be troubled. You place your trust in God. Trust also in me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. |
| I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
| Whoever feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I dwell in him. | Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. |
| The Lord is righteous in all his ways and merciful in everything he does. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. |
| We have come to know and to believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. | And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. |
| Put your trust in the Lord and do good, that you may dwell in the land and be secure. | Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. |
| This is how we can be certain that we abide in him and that he abides in us: he has given us a share in his Spirit. | This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. |
| Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ. | For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. |
| Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father. | As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. |
| God abides in anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and that person abides in God. | If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. |
| All those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And the proof that he abides in us is the Spirit that he has given us. | The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. |
| Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| When I am terrified, I place my trust in you. | When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only delights in expressing his own opinions. | Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. |
| O Lord, you grant peace to those who are steadfast because of their trust in you. | You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. |
| In God, whose word I praise, in God I place my trust and know no fear; what can people do to me? | In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? |
| Do not be lacking in zeal, but serve the Lord with spiritual fervor. | Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. |
| The Lord is good, an unfailing refuge in a time of distress. He takes care of those who place their trust in him. | The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. |
| Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the company of scoffers. | Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers. |
