| 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. | I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store 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 longed for his appearing. |
| I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. | I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
| I have told you this so that in me you may be in peace. In the world you will endure suffering. But take courage! I have overcome the world. | I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. |
| 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; apart from you I have no good thing.” |
| Does God give you the Spirit and work mighty deeds among you because you have kept the Law or because you believed what you have heard? | So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? |
| In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. | In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. |
| I will walk in complete freedom because I have sought your commands. | I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. |
| No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look with desire upon a virgin. | I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. |
| 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. | What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs. |
| O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us, for we have placed our hope in you. | May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. |
| Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. |
| Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. | Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. |
| For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. | For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. |
| Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will have their fill. | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. |
| When Jesus heard this, he said, “Do not be afraid. Just have faith, and she will be saved.” | Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” |
| This saying can be trusted: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him. | Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. |
| For God would not be so unjust as to ignore your work and the love that you have shown for his name by the services you have rendered to the saints and still continue to render. | God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. |
| When I sing to you, my lips will rejoice, and so will my soul, which you have redeemed. | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered. |
| 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. | You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. |
| Father, allow those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may behold my glory, which you have bestowed on me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. | Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. |
| Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?” | Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” |
| It is rash to pledge a sacred gift, or to make a vow and then have second thoughts. | It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows. |
| You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand sustains me, and your goodness makes me great. You broadened the path beneath me so that my feet have never stumbled. | You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. |
| I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. | I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. |
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See what lovethe Father has bestowed on us,
enabling us to be called the children of God,
and that is what we are.
If the world does not recognize us,
that is because it did not know him.
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