| 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. | So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. |
| If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. | If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. |
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| One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. | Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. |
| Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. | Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name. |
| Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. | Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. |
| My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. | On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. |
| When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. | Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil. |
| Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. | Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. |
| Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. | Tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to talk back, not to pilfer, but to show complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Savior. |
| But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love. | Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. |
| Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine. | Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine. |
| And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. | And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
| Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. | Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. |
| Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. | Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. |
| Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. | Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. |
| Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! |
| When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. | When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. |
| Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. | As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. |
| Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. | Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. |
| As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. |
| The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
| My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? |
| I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. | I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. |
| If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. | God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
