Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Do not worry about your life, as to what you are to eat; nor for your body, as to what you are to wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. |
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. |
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Listen, my son, and take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied. | Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. |
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor too. | One who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but an undisciplined tongue crushes the spirit. | A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit. |
You will show me the path to life; you will fill me with joy in your presence and everlasting delights at your right hand. | You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. |
Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
During the day the Lord grants his kindness, and at night his praise is with me, a prayer to the living God. | The Lord will send His goodness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life. |
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. | For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. |
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. | So that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. | The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. |
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. | For bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. |
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.’ | 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.’ |
The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace. | For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. |
The tongue has the power over life and death; those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. |
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. | For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
Whatever moves and has life will be used for your food. I give you all these things, just as I have already given you every green plant. Only do not eat flesh along with its life, that is, with its blood. | Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given everything to you, as I gave the green plant. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
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. | These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you 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. | For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. |
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” | And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” |
Whoever heeds admonition is on the path to life, but anyone who rejects correction goes astray. | One who is on the path of life follows instruction, But one who ignores a rebuke goes astray. |
Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” |
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come to behold the face of God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? |
Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. | “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” |
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. | You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. |