| For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. | Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. |
| But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. |
| But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. |
| He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. | He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. |
| Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. | For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. |
| We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. | We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. |
| Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. | Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. |
| As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! | Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. |
| For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. | “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” |
| You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine. | You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own. |
| If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. |
| But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. | You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. |
| For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. | For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. |
| Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. | Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. |
| But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. | But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. |
| And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. | And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. |
| God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness. | When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways. |
| Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil. | Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. |
| Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. | Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. |
| If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. | If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable. |
| So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. | Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. |
| I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. | I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. |
| Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? | Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? |
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