A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. | He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. |
Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. | As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. |
Praise the Lord in song, for He has done glorious things; Let this be known throughout the earth. | Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. |
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our wrongdoings from us. | As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. |
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. | He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. |
By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. | By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. |
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great. You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. | You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip. |
A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! | A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! |
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. | For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. |
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” | So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” |
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years. | Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. |
When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army, nor be assigned any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall make his wife whom he has taken happy. | When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. |
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. | Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
Like a city that is broken into and without walls So is a person who has no self-control over his spirit. | Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls. |
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” | Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” |
And if you say in your heart, ‘How will we recognize the word which the Lord has not spoken?’ When the prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, and the thing does not happen or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you are not to be afraid of him. | And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. |
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ | He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen for His own inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. |
Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. | As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. |
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. | No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. |
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. | And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. |
A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. | Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
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