You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. | You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. |
As a deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. | As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. |
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Just as water reflects one’s face, so does one human heart reflect another. | As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ. | For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. |
So then, faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. | So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. |
Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor. | Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. |
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may attain eternal life. | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. |
As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. | As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. |
Do not judge, so that you in turn may not be judged. | Judge not, that you be not judged. |
“Peace be with you,” Jesus said to them again. “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” | Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” |
Out of the same mouth flow blessings and curses. This should not be so, my brethren. | From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. |
Therefore, we fasted and prayed to God to grant us a safe journey, and he answered our prayer. | So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it does not have works. | So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. |
Hence, as sin’s reign resulted in death, so the grace of God also might reign through righteousness resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. | So that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so too, through Christ, do we receive our consolation. | For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. |
So we must not fall asleep as the others do, but we must stay alert and sober. | So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so whoever feeds upon me will live because of me. | As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. |
Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. Then the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim he is. | Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. |
For so has the Lord commanded us to do, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles so that you may bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’ | For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ |
Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away. | Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. |
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you already have so that no one may rob you of your crown. | I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |