| My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? | My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come to behold the face of God? |
| If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. | God abides in anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and that person abides in God. |
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| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. | We have come to know and to believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. |
| Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. | Let the word of Christ with all its richness dwell in you. Teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God with gratitude in your hearts. |
| Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. | Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. |
| For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? | Indeed, who is God except the Lord? Who is the Rock besides our God? |
| For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. | Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
| For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? | For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? |
| Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
| In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| For no word from God will ever fail. | For nothing will be impossible for God. |
| For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus, himself a man. |
| In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, in God I place my trust and know no fear; what can people do to me? |
| But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. |
| Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. | Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a contrite and humble heart, O God, you will not spurn. |
| For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. | For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want. |
| No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God. |
| My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. | My deliverance and my glory depend on God; he is my mighty rock and my refuge. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. For God all things are possible.” |
| So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. | God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments. |
