| But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. | But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given to You. |
| Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. | Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. |
| And steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work. | And faithfulness is Yours, Lord, For You reward a person according to his work. |
| Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. |
| For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication; that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor, not with lustful passion, 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. |
| I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. |
| With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. | With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. |
| I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. | I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. |
| Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed 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. |
| My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. | At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. |
| For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. | “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My favor will not be removed from you, Nor will My covenant of peace be shaken,” Says the Lord who has compassion on you. |
| And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. | But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” |
| In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. | In You, Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame; In Your righteousness rescue me. |
| Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. | Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. |
| Know then in your heart that as a parent disciplines a child so the Lord your God disciplines you. | So you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. |
| My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. | My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. |
| 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, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf. |
| And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. | And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. |
| I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances. | I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. |
| No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord. | “No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord. |
| Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. | Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. |
| Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. | Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
| For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you. | For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all who call upon You. |
| Also that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing, not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. | 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. |
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