You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. | You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. |
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. | And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. |
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For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. | All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. |
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. | If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. |
And I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. | I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. |
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. | Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. |
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. | For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. |
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. | Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. |
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. | Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. |
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. |
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. | I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. |
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. | For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. |
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. |
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. | So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. |
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. | Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. |
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed. | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. |
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. | But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. |
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. | I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. | I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. | Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. |
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. | Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. |