For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. | For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. |
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. |
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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 there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. |
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. | My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. |
For with God nothing shall be impossible. | For no word from God will ever fail. |
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? |
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. | But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. |
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. | In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? |
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. | My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. |
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. | So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. | Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. |
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. |
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. | Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” |
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. | 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. |
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. |
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. | Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. |
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. | And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. | But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. |
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. | When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. |
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. | These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. |
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. | Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. |
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. | A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one. |
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. | Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. |