| 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.’ | For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’ As even your own poets have said, ‘We are all his offspring.’ |
| 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. | To you, O God of my fathers, I offer thanks and praise because you have given me wisdom and power. Now you have made known to me what we asked of you; you have revealed to us the king’s dream. |
| So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. | In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. |
| 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. | I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. Now waiting for me is the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day—and not only to me, but to all those who have eagerly longed for his appearance. |
| The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. | The Lord will battle for you. Be calm! |
| 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. | You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask. |
| I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. | I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. |
| 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 those who have sinned outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
| And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. |
| 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. | However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life. |
| I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set your judgments before me. |
| And I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. | I will walk in complete freedom because I have sought your commands. |
| Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. | You have already been cleansed by the word I have spoken to you. |
| Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. | Let your attitude be identical to that of Christ Jesus. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? | I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look with desire upon a virgin. |
| And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. | Whatever you ask for in faith-filled prayer, you will receive. |
| This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. |
| I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. | Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. |
| 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. | Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops. |
| Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. | Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. |
| I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I treasure your word in my heart for fear that I may sin against you. |
| 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. | And yet he is aware of everywhere I go; if he were to test me, I would emerge like pure gold. My footsteps have not strayed from the path he established; I have followed his way and never turned aside. |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. |
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