| I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. | Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. |
| I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. | I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance. |
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| Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing 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. |
| And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we 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. |
| I have hidden 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. | I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. | I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish. |
| I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. |
| I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. | I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. |
| Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in 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. |
| You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. | For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. |
| My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered. | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. |
| All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin 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. |
| For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. | 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. |
| Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. | Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. |
| If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. | If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning 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. |
| Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should 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. |
| I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. | I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |
| Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. | So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. |
| If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. | If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. |
| A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. | I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
