The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. | The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. |
Honor widows who are really widows. | Honor widows who are truly widows. |
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Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists,” and that “there is no God but one.” | Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” |
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed. | When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed. |
Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another. | As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. | A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
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 they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! |
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. | In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. |
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. | Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. |
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. | By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. |
If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. | If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. |
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. | Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. |
When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. | When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. |
So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
If any of you sin without knowing it, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, you have incurred guilt, and are subject to punishment. | If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. |
And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. | Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. | But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. |
Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me 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? |
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. | For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. |