An honorable name is more to be desired than great riches, and high esteem is preferable to silver and gold. | A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. |
There is no salvation in anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved. | And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. |
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Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. |
Amen, amen, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. | Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. |
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom should I be afraid? | The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? |
A man is joyful when he utters apt answers, and even more satisfying is a word in season. | To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand unshaken. | He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. |
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it leads to death. | There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. |
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, about whose coming you have been told, and that it is already in the world. | By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. |
Everyone who sins breaks the law, for sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church, the body of which he is the Savior. | Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. |
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. | So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
Yours, O Lord, are greatness, power, glory, strength, and majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. | Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. |
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. |
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
A true friend is one at all times, and a brother is born to render help in time of need. | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. | When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. |
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus, himself a man. | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. |
For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
For this day in the city of David there has been born to you a Savior who is Christ, the Lord. | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand ever unshaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. |
Indeed, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
For our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal. | As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. |
So today acknowledge it and take it to heart that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is no other. | Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. |
My deliverance and my glory depend on God; he is my mighty rock and my refuge. | On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. |