Produce good fruit as proof of your repentance. | Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. |
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops. | Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce. |
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The labors of the wicked man produce little profit, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. |
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
Whoever possesses the Son possesses life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not possess 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 his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. | For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. |
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his 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 find it. |
And God is able to enrich you with an abundance of every grace, so that, with all of your needs provided for, you may be able to produce a surplus of good works. | And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. |
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save 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. |
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him. | 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. |
Enriched in every way, you will be able to practice all your acts of generosity, which, through our intervention, will result in thanksgiving to God. | You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. |
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. |
Follow my statutes and keep my commandments and obey them. Then I will give you rain in its proper season and the yield of the land shall increase and the trees of the field shall bear their fruit. | 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. |
Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | 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. |
The reward of humility and fear of the Lord is wealth, honor, and life. | The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. |
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
Listen, my son, and take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied. | Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. |
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor too. | Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. |
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but an undisciplined tongue crushes the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. | The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. |
While physical training has some value, the benefits of godliness are unlimited, since it holds out promise not only for this life but also for the life to come. | 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. |
The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace. | For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
Guard your heart with all possible vigilance, for from it flow the wellsprings of life. | Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. |