| For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. | Indeed, we live as human beings, but we do not wage war according to human standards. |
| Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. | Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident. |
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| Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. | You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask. |
| When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. | When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any related duty. He shall be free at home one year, to be happy with the wife whom he has married. |
| He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
| Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. | Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. | The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. |
| And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. |
| The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. | The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. |
| Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. | Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
| Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? | Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! |
| A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. | A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. |
| If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. | If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. |
| For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. | So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. |
| A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. | Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors! |
| Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. |
| I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. | I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. |
| Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. | Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. |
| The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. | The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. |
| For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. | For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. |
| The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. | The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward. |
| Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. | Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. |
