| For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. | For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. |
| I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. |
| I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish. | For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. |
| And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. |
| Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. | Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. |
| But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. | But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life. |
| You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine. | You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine. |
| 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. | If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. |
| For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. | For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. |
| I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. | I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. |
| What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” | What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” |
| For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. | For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. |
| And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. | This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. |
| I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. | I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
| The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. | This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother. |
| For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. | For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. |
| In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? | In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. |
| Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. | Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. |
| But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin? | I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? |
| Turn back, and say to Hezekiah prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. | Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.”’ |
| By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
| So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith. | So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith. |
| Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace. |
| Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” | Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” |
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