| For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. | For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. |
| Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. | Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. |
| As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. | Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. |
| If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. | If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. |
| By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. |
| 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. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. |
| Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
| If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling. | There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call. |
| Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! |
| The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. | You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. |
| A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. | One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. |
| If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” |
| I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. | And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. |
| This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. | Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. |
| Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. | Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. |
| Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. |
| The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. |
| Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
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