Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. | Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. |
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
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And live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. | And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” | And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” |
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. | As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. |
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. | By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. |
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” |
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. | So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. | Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. |
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. | When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. |
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands! | Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! |
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure. | For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. |
Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. | For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. |
He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? | He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? |
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. | Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. |
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. | For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. | For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. |
For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. | For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. |
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake. | Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake! |
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us. | The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us. |
If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right. | And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. |
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him. | The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. |
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |