| Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. | May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. |
| And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. | But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. |
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| Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! |
| Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. | You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. |
| I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. | I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments. |
| See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. | See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. |
| Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word. |
| Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. |
| For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. | For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. |
| I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. | I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. |
| But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. | But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. |
| Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. | By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. |
| Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. | Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. |
| For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. | For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. |
| Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. | Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. |
| For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. | For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. |
| See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
| Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. | “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. |
| Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. | Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. |
| And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. | And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. |
| Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. | You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. |
| Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. | You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. |
| Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. | Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. |
| A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. | A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. |
| Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. | You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. |
