For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. |
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. |
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. | For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. |
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. | In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. |
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there. | And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. |
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. | Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. |
But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. | Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. |
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them. | For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. |
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling. | There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call. |
There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. | All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. |
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting. | Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. |
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. | Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. |
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth. She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn. | And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. |
Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. | Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. |
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. | Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. |
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely. | When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. |
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. | So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. |
Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it. | Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. |
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.” | Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. |
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. | Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” |
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. | For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. |
According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. | Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. |
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