For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died. He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again. | For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. |
I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter. | To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter. |
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Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. | For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. |
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ | For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. | Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! |
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. | O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. |
And hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. | And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. |
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. | For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. |
So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request. | So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age. | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age. |
Seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue. | His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. |
Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them. | And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. |
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” |
So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. | And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. |
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. | For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. |
I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing! | I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. |
Who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. | He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. |
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. |
For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. | For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. |
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. | Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. |
There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. | So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. |