For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. | For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. |
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. | Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
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For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. | For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. |
My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. | By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. |
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. |
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. | Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. |
So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. | So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. |
So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. | So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. |
And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one. | And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one. |
All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us. | Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. |
Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. | Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. |
For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. | For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. |
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name. | Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. |
Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. | Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. |
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant. | Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. | In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. |
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. | Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. |
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. | 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. |
I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself. | That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ. |
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. | And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. |
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. | Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. |
From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” | From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” |
But those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. | But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. |