| If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. | If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |
| I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. | These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
| Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. | Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. |
| I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent. | I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners. |
| I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. |
| For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing. | For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and refresh everyone who languishes. |
| I will shout for joy and sing your praises, for you have ransomed me. | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. |
| I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I have treasured Your word in my heart, So that I may not sin against You. |
| I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! | These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. |
| I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments. | And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts. |
| Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have. | For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. |
| If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. | And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. |
| When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. | 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. |
| But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold. For I have stayed on God’s paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside. | But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold. My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. |
| I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. | I am coming quickly; hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. |
| You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. | Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. |
| I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. | For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints. |
| And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. | So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. |
| Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. | For just as we have many parts in one body and all the body’s parts do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another. |
| You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. | Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus. |
| For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. | For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
| So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. | I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| And forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
| But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
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