| Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. | Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. |
| And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
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| Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. | Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. |
| Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. | Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. |
| Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. | Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time. |
| The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. |
| And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. | For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. |
| Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. | The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. |
| Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. | Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! |
| Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. | But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. | He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. |
| The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. | The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. |
| And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” |
| Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. | You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. |
| Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. | Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
| Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. | Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. |
| The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. | The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers. |
| It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. | It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. |
| I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. | I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. |
| And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. | And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. |
| O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee. | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
