| May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the perseverance of Christ. |
| You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. | You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” |
| By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another. |
| You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. | And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. |
| O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. |
| Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. | Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. |
| Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all offenses. |
| Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. | Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. |
| For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. | For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints. |
| It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. | For You light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness. |
| For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another. |
| Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Lord! | Remember, Lord, Your compassion and Your faithfulness, For they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoings; Remember me according to Your faithfulness, For Your goodness’ sake, Lord. |
| He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, mortal one, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? |
| Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. | Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered. |
| The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. | And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister. |
| 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. |
| Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. |
| Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” | Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,” |
| The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. | The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy. |
| The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. | The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. |
| O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. | Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting. |
| He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. | He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. |
| So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being. | And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? |
| Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. | Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. |
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