| May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. | May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere him. |
| Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
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| May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
| Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. |
| His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. | His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. |
| So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. | So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. |
| For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. | He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. |
| No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. |
| See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. | See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. |
| And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. | And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
| Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. | Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. |
| For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us. | For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us. |
| As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. |
| But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. | But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—. |
| And this is the testimony: God has given 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. |
| And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness. | If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right. |
| For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. | For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. |
| As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. |
| The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. | Then the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our lasting good, so as to keep us alive, as is now the case. |
| And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. | And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. |
| Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. |
| Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you. | Save us, we beseech you, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech you, give us success! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord. |
| Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. |
| This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. | And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. |
