| Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. | Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. |
| Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. | May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. |
| Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. | Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased. |
| Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
| 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. | Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. |
| For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. | For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God. |
| God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. | For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. |
| Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth. |
| I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. | I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever. |
| Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth. |
| I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? | I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me? |
| So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. | So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer. |
| Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. | Praise the Lord; praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms. |
| He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” | Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” |
| Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? |
| Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. | Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. |
| The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. | The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever. |
| Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. | And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God. |
| You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. |
| God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. |
| Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? | Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? |
| Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection. |
| The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. | And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. |
| Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. | Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. |
| Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” | Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.” |
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