| Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. | Listen, my son, and take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but an undisciplined tongue crushes the spirit. |
| For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may attain eternal life. |
| I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. | I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. | Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor too. |
| The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. | A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. |
| I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. | And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. The life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. |
| 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. | 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. |
| For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. | While physical training has some value, the benefits of godliness are unlimited, since it holds out promise not only for this life but also for the life to come. |
| I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. | Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. |
| But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. | However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life. |
| Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. | This is the conclusion I have reached: it is fitting for a man to eat and drink and find satisfaction in the results of his labors under the sun during the brief span of life that God has allotted him. |
| For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. | The tongue has the power over life and death; those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. |
| Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? | Therefore, heed my words. Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body and what you will wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. |
| Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. | Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself; thus my lips will speak your praise. I will bless you all my life; with uplifted hands I will call on your name. |
| Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. | Likewise, you who are husbands must show consideration for your wives in your life together. Treat your wife with respect, for even though she is the weaker partner, she is also an equal heir of God’s gift of life. Thus, your prayers will not be hindered in any way. |
| Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray. | Whoever heeds admonition is on the path to life, but anyone who rejects correction goes astray. |
| And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” | Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ |
| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
| So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. | Hence, as sin’s reign resulted in death, so the grace of God also might reign through righteousness resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
| For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. | For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
| Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. | In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
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