| For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. | For you know that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance. |
| Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. | If you confess with your lips, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. |
| Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. | Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away. |
| That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. | What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
| If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. |
| Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. | Nevertheless, do not rejoice in the knowledge that the spirits are subject to you. Rejoice rather that your names are inscribed in heaven. |
| So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. | Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. |
| You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! | You believe that there is one God. You do well to assert that. But even the demons believe and tremble. |
| And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. | But without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. | For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. |
| The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. | The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God. |
| And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.” | And you will say on that day: Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name; make known his deeds among the nations; proclaim that his name is exalted. |
| For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. | For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. |
| I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I treasure your word in my heart for fear that I may sin against you. |
| That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love. | I ask that from the riches of his glory he may grant through his Spirit that you be strengthened with power in your inner being and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. |
| In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. | God’s love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him. |
| 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 I do ask you to protect them from the evil one. |
| You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | As for you, my child, take strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. | I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you already have so that no one may rob you of your crown. |
| And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And every tongue should proclaim to the glory of God the Father: Jesus Christ is Lord. |
| Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! | Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. |
| Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. | God abides in anyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and that person abides in God. |
| Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. | Honor your father and your mother so that your days may be lengthened in the land that the Lord your God, will give you. |
| I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. | I, the Lord, am your God. You must obey my laws and be careful to observe my ordinances. Keep holy my Sabbaths as a sign between me and you so that you will know that I am the Lord, your God. |
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