For You have put us to the test, God; You have refined us as silver is refined. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. | Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. |
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Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. |
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among people with whom He is pleased. | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! |
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. |
Submit therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. | God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. |
Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. | Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. |
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. | For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. |
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
Be exalted above the heavens, God; May Your glory be above all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. |
I will exalt You, my God, the King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
For this reason You are great, Lord God; for there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | Therefore you are great, O Lord God; for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
Be exalted above the heavens, God, And may Your glory be above all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. |
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me? | See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me? |
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. |
So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our pleading. | So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. | Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. |
Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah |
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.” | But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” |
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? |
And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. | And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. |