| Behold, I am coming soon, and I will bring with me my reward to repay everyone as his deeds deserve. | See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. |
| “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and every other commandment are all summed up in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Make every effort to present yourself before God as one who is worthy of his approval, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, but who imparts the word of truth without any alteration. | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. |
| For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve. | For he will repay according to each one's deeds. |
| However, to avoid the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
| O Lord, all my longing is known to you, and my sighs are not hidden from you. | O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. |
| After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.” | And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” |
| Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of your opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious and seasoned with wisdom, so that you will know how to respond properly to all. | Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. |
| Every day, united in spirit, they would assemble together in the temple. They would break bread in their homes and share their food with joyful and generous hearts as they praised God, and they were regarded with favor by all the people. And day by day the Lord added to those who were being saved. | Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. |
| Therefore, take care to live as intelligent people, and do not be like those who are senseless. Make the most of the present time, for this is a wicked age. | Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. |
| No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. | Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. |
| Let everything that breathes offer praise to the Lord. Alleluia. | Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
| While physical training has some value, the benefits of godliness are unlimited, since it holds out promise not only for this life but also for the life to come. | For, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. |
| Each of us must consider his neighbor’s good for the purpose of building him up. | Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. |
| You are all-beautiful, my love, without the slightest blemish. | You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. |
| Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from anything that can defile flesh or spirit, and thereby make our holiness perfect in the fear of God. | Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
| For Christ is the fulfillment of the Law for the justification of all who believe. | For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. |
| In my anguish I cried out; the Lord heard my plea, and I was saved from all my troubles. | This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. |
| Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. | It does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. |
| The Lord makes a man’s steps secure when he approves of his conduct. | Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way. |
| For everyone born of God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith. | For whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. |
| Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not demand the return of what is yours from the one who has taken it. | Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. |
| God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent. | While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent. |
| If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. |
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