Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. | Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, is Lord alone. You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. |
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So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. | God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it he rested from all the work he had done when he created all things. |
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. | For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all is God. |
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Hence, be subject to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King; I will bless your name forever and ever. |
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. | God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory shine over all the earth. |
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. | God’s love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him. |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory shine over all the earth. |
Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | How great you are, Lord God! There is no one like you, and there is no God except you alone, as everything that we have heard confirms. |
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” but at the same time hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love the brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. |
So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. | Therefore, we fasted and prayed to God to grant us a safe journey, and he answered our prayer. |
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? | I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything impossible for me to accomplish? |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, day after day, the God of our salvation, who carries our burden. Selah |
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” | Jesus replied, “Blessed, rather, are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” |
Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. | Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God. |
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that love of the world results in enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. | The grass may wither and the flower may fade, but the word of our God will endure forever. |
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God has proved to be true; he is a shield to those who trust in him. |
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. | Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows. |
Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. | Therefore, accept one another for the glory of God, just as Christ has accepted you. |
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? | What then can we say in response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. | The Lord God made clothing for the man and woman out of animal skins and he clothed them. |
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! | You believe that there is one God. You do well to assert that. But even the demons believe and tremble. |