You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? |
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Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. | Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah |
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.” | But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” |
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. | Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. |
You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. | You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! |
Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God. | Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. |
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap. | Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. |
Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. | As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would bring on them. So He did not do it. | Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it. |
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? | How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? |
Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’ ” | Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ” |
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” | Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” |
Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. | I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. |
For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. | For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. |
And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ |
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. | Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! |
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. | For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. |