| Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. | For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. |
| Who will repay each person according to his deeds. | He will render to each one according to his works. |
| But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. | But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
| Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. |
| Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. | Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. |
| So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. | Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. |
| Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; they all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed. | And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. |
| No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. | Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. |
| For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to rein in the whole body as well. | For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. |
| Everything that has breath shall praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! | Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
| For bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. | For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. |
| Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
| You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you. | You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. |
| Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. | Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. |
| I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
| For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes. | For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. |
| This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way. | The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way. |
| For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. | For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. |
| Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. | Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. |
| So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent. | The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. |
| If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well. | If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. |
| Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. | So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. |
| Stop striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth. | Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! |
| Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. |
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