Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.” | Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” |
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain. | Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! |
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Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. | Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. |
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. | But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. |
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
I will exalt You, my God, the King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me. | When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. |
I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin? | I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? |
My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long. | My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. |
And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. | If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. |
Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away. | O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. |
The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. | Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. |
Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it. | So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. |
I have treasured Your word in my heart, So that I may not sin against You. | I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. |
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” | So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” |
Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any wrongdoing have power over me. | Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. |
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst. | For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. |
By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another. | By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth. | For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. |
Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? | Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? |
My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother. | My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. |
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. |