Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? |
And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. | And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. |
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These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. | These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. |
But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. | Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. |
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. |
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. | Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. |
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. | Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. |
For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. | Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. |
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. |
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. |
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. | I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart. |
Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed. | Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. |
He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” | Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” |
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. | You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. |
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. |
May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere him. | May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. |
Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one. | A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. | Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. | As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. |
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. |
It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. | You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. |
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. |
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. | Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |