Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. | Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. |
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. | He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. |
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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. | Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. |
Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. | Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. |
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
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. | He has delivered 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. |
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given 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 this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
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. | You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. |
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! | To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! |
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. | For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. |
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” | Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” |
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. | Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. |
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. | When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. |
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. | Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls. | A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. |
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
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. | And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. |
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. | Whoever 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 as His own inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! |
As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. | As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. |
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. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. |
And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. | And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. |
A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
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. | The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |