| For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. | For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! |
| No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it. | No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. |
| Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. | Behold, as for the impudent one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous one will live by his faith. |
| See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. | Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to reward each one as his work deserves. |
| I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. | That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner self, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love. |
| For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? | For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul? |
| Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? | Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? |
| The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it? I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings. | The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, To give to each person according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. |
| A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. | A fool always loses his temper, But a wise person holds it back. |
| The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. | The mind of a person plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. |
| It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. |
| Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. |
| For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? | For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? |
| And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. | And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. |
| For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield. | For You bless the righteous person, Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield. |
| But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. | But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. |
| Before destruction one's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor. | Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor. |
| No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. |
| For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written: “But the righteous one will live by faith.” |
| It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. | It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. |
| If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. | The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. |
| It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,” and begin to reflect only after making a vow. | It is a trap for a person to say carelessly, “It is holy!” And after the vows to make inquiry. |
| How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. | Behold, happy is the person whom God disciplines, So do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. |
| Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them. | Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him. |
| Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments. | Praise the Lord! Blessed is a person who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments. |
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