| Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with a joy that is indescribable and glorious. For you are achieving the goal of your faith, that is, the salvation of your souls. | Whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. |
| If your brother should sin, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, and comes back to you seven times to say, ‘I am sorry,’ you must forgive him. | If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. |
| To him all the Prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name. | All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins. |
| Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you. | Casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. |
| He made him who did not know sin to be sin for our sake, so that through him we might become the righteousness of God. | For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |
| This is the message that we have heard from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. | This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. |
| And now, dear children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame by him at his coming. | Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
| Jesus said to him, “Go on your way! Your faith has made you well.” Immediately, he received his sight and followed him along the road. | Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way. |
| He did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us. How then can he fail also to give us everything else along with him? | He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? |
| The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart places its trust in him. He has helped me, and I exult; then with my song I praise him. | Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. |
| But without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. | Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. |
| Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, it will be enough for us.” | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” |
| I lifted up my voice in prayer to him; his praise was on my tongue. | I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. |
| In God alone be at rest, O my soul; it is from him that my hope comes. | My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. |
| A man’s ways may seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. |
| And if one should fall, his companion will help him up. How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls and has no one to assist him to his feet. | For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up. |
| In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. |
| As Scripture asserts, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” | For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” |
| A man’s pride will bring him low, but lowly souls will rise to honor. | A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor. |
| God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
| A gift opens doors for the giver and wins him access to the powerful. | A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. |
| For it is in him that the entire fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, and you share this fullness in him who is the head of every ruler and power. | For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. |
| While Peter was thus imprisoned, the Church prayed fervently to God for him. | Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him. |
| For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. | For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. |
| No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us. | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. |
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