| Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce. | Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops. |
| Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. | Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. |
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| You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. | You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. |
| And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
| Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
| Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. |
| For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. | For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. |
| For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. |
| For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. | For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. |
| Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. | Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. |
| Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. | Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. |
| For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. | For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord. |
| Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. |
| The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. | Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. |
| Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. | Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. | Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. |
| The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. | A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. |
| If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. | If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. |
| For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. | For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. |
| Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. | Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
| For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. | The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. |
