| Whoever heeds admonition is on the path to life, but anyone who rejects correction goes astray. | He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray. |
| And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
| Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may show yourselves blameless and beyond reproach, children of God without spot in the midst of an evil and depraved generation, among which you shine like lights in the world as you hold fast tenaciously to the word of life. | Do all things without complaining and arguing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, holding up the word of life. |
| Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. |
| The Lord God said, “Behold, man has become like one of us, for he has knowledge of that which is good and that which is evil. Now, we must prevent him from reaching out and taking the fruit of the tree of life lest he eat it and live forever.” The Lord God cast him out of the Garden of Eden; henceforth he was to labor tilling the soil from which he had come. | Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—” Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. |
| As long as the goodwill is present, the gift will be acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. | For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. |
| Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him. | One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. |
| It is rash to pledge a sacred gift, or to make a vow and then have second thoughts. | It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. |
| A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord. | House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. |
| The reward of humility and fear of the Lord is wealth, honor, and life. | The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. |
| And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and the scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their deeds, as were recorded in the scrolls. The sea gave up all the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them. The dead were judged according to their deeds. | I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. |
| The tongue has the power over life and death; those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. |
| This is the conclusion I have reached: it is fitting for a man to eat and drink and find satisfaction in the results of his labors under the sun during the brief span of life that God has allotted him. | Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. |
| Listen, my son, and take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied. | Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. |
| For you are aware that you were ransomed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. | Knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ. |
| While physical training has some value, the benefits of godliness are unlimited, since it holds out promise not only for this life but also for the life to come. | For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come. |
| For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. |
| The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace. | For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. |
| Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. |
| No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor too. | He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
| For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. | For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
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