God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. | All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? | I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? |
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Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. | We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. |
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God? | For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? |
For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? | For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? |
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child 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 the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
For nothing will be impossible with God. | For the word of God will never fail. |
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me? | I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? |
For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. | For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. |
On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. | My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. |
But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. | As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me. |
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge. |
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. | God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. |
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. |
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. |
Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” | Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.” |
For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building. | For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building. |
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. | So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. |
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. | Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands. |