| They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. | All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. |
| This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. | Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. |
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| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. | Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. |
| For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. | Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. |
| For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. |
| Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
| He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” | But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” |
| If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. |
| Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. | But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. |
| Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
| Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ |
| Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. | Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. | So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’ | You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. |
| Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.” | And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” |
| And every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. | For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. |
| Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. | And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. |
| My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. | My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. |
| Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
