| For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. |
| Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. |
| Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. | Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. |
| Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. | O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. |
| He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
| Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. | Let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. |
| He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. | He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. |
| But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” | He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” |
| He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. | He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. |
| And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” |
| Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. |
| I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. | I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. |
| And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. | And having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. |
| Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. | Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. |
| And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ ” | In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.’ |
| The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. | Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way. |
| So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. | So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. |
| The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. | The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him. |
| And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” | And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” |
| He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends. | One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. |
| He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. | To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. |
| For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us. | For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us. |
| Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. | Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. |
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He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.