Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. | Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates correction is stupid. |
We love him, because he first loved us. | Therefore, we love because he first loved us. |
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With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another in a spirit of love. |
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor. | A man’s pride will bring him low, but lowly souls will rise to honor. |
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. | Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. | He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things. |
One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. | Anyone who has received my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. |
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. | This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. |
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. |
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. | You are the light of the world. A city built upon a mountain cannot be hidden. |
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. | The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is filled with his kindness. |
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. | One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money, nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain. This too is vanity. |
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. | Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. | For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. |
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. | For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” |
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance. | As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. |
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. | A true friend is one at all times, and a brother is born to render help in time of need. |
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.” | But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or how tall he stands, for the Lord has rejected him. He does not see the way that men see, for men look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” |
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.” | Jesus then said, “I will remain with you only for a short time longer, and then I shall return to him who sent me.” |
Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. For God all things are possible.” |
When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. | After he said this, he was lifted up as they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. |
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us. |