Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. | Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he 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. |
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There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must 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. |
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another? | There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? |
“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,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” |
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. | Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. |
Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above 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. |
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. | A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. |
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” |
My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. | On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. |
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall 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? |
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. | So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. | Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. |
Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it. | Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. | He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. |
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. | There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. |
But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. |
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. | Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. |
Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” | And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” |
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. | And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. |
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple. | The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. |