| One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. | One person values one day over another, another values every day the same. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. |
| For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. | For you have been called for this purpose, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps. |
| From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. | From the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way. |
| The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. | The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? | I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin? |
| However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. |
| Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. | Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel, but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. |
| For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God. | For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God. |
| Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. | Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. |
| For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake. | For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf. |
| When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. | If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me. |
| As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. | As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive. |
| Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. | If an army encamps against me, My heart will not fear; If war arises against me, In spite of this I am confident. |
| Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. | Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. |
| A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. | I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. | Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. | No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
| What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? | What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? |
| Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. | Your adornment must not be merely the external—braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on apparel; but it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. |
| Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. | No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. |
| I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. | I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. |
| And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” | Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” |
| What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! | What then? Are we to sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Far from it! |
| And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” | And he would answer and say to them, “The one who has two tunics is to share with the one who has none; and the one who has food is to do likewise.” |
| What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? | What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? Far from it! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? |
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