| For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. |
| I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. | I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death. |
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| In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me? |
| Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am he. | Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am first, and will be with the last. |
| But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. |
| Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. | Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” |
| So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. | So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
| But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. |
| If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. | If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. |
| Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. | And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
| When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. | No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. |
| Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. | Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. |
| But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. | Yet I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. |
| These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. | These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. |
| No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. | No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known. |
| Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. | For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. |
| Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. |
| To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. | And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. |
