For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live. | “For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!” |
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 devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. |
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By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. |
You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. | You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. |
I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself. | That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ. |
If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. | If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him. |
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. | Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. |
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. | My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed. |
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
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 the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. | For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end. |
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. | If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. |
Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. | Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me. |
And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name. | And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. |
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. | These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. |
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. | Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. |
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed. | And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing. |
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? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” |
I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. | I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. |
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. | Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. |
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. | Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. |
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 have been brought near by the blood of Christ. |
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. | Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. |
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. | And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. |