Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” | Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” |
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world. | I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. |
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I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. |
We have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. | We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. |
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. | I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. |
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. |
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. | Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. |
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. | I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. |
‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ |
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 don’t have love, I am nothing. | And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. |
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him. | If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. |
You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. | You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. |
My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. | I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. |
I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter. | To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter. |
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing. | I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. |
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. | For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. | But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. |
Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us. | Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? |
Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. | Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. |
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. | I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. |
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. | Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. |