| To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. | Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. | So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
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| “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” | “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” |
| About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. | But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
| You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. | You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. |
| Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. | Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. |
| We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. | We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. |
| Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. | He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. |
| Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. | Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. |
| When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. | And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. |
| Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. | Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. |
| The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. |
| Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. | Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. |
| God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” | Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” |
| Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. | Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. |
| And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. | I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. |
| So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. | So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. |
| The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. | The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. |
| Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. | Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. |
| And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. | And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. |
| Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. | Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. |
| Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. | So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. |
| God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. | God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. |
