| Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. | Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. |
| If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. |
| For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. | For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. |
| Knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ. | Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. |
| For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. | For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
| Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. | Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. | For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. |
| For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. | For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. |
| For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin. | For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. |
| But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanses us from all sin. | But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. |
| Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
| For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing. | For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. |
| The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. |
| Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. | Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. |
| Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house. | Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord. |
| But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own. | But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. |
| We have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. | We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. |
| So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request. | So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
| According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. | But when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me. |
| So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
| The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. | The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. |
| For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. | For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
| In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. | Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building. | For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. |
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