He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. | Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. |
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For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God? | For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God? |
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. | O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! |
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. | For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God? | For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? |
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. | For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. | See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. |
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. | Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. | For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. |
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. |
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. | Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began. |
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. | The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone. |
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. | And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah |
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 who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. | God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. |
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. |
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) | Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. |
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. | Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |