| For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. | Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. |
| 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; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. |
| For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. | For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. |
| 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 leads 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. | A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people; no traveler, not even fools, shall 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 uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become 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, I am there 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 of your calling. |
| There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. | All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do 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 in the presence of 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 go wrong, 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. | Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. |
| 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. | While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, 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. | So acknowledge today and take to 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 to God so that your sins may be wiped 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 the prudent are restrained in speech. |
| Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. | So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. |
| 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 through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. |
| “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, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. |
| 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. | Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists,” 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 eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one 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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