| No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
| Recognizing that laws are not designed for the upright. They are for the lawless and insubordinate, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and irreligious; they are for those who slay their fathers and mothers, for murderers, for those who are fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me. | This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. |
| All those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And the proof that he abides in us is the Spirit that he has given us. | 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. |
| Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. |
| 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. | I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. |
| My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come to behold the face of God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? |
| Do not seek to adorn yourself externally—by the braiding of your hair and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothing. Rather, let your adornment be of your inner self, the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. | Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair, and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing; rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight. |
| Therefore, now that we have been justified by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
| God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
| God is our refuge and our strength, a well-proved help in times of trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. |
| Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
| Indeed, who is God except the Lord? Who is the Rock besides our God? | For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God? |
| Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a resolute spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. |
| Let no one deceive you in any way. That Day cannot come before the final rebellion occurs and the lawless one is revealed, the son of destruction. He is the adversary who sets himself in opposition to, and exalts himself above, every so-called god or object of worship, and who even seats himself 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 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. |
| For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? | For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? |
| When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill the vow you have made. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow. |
| Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
| To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. | I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. |
| Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to all those on whom his favor rests. | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! |
| Even though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, even though the olive crop will fail and the orchards will yield no food, even though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls, I will continue to rejoice in the Lord, and exult in the God of my salvation. | Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation. |
| Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are God, my Savior, and in you I hope all the day long. | Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. |
| Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
| Jesus replied, “This is the work of God: to believe in the one whom he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
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