| What then if you were to behold the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? | Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
| But if we hope for what we do not yet see, then we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. |
| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| Do not associate with unbelievers. For what basis can there be for a partnership between righteousness and lawlessness? What do light and darkness have in common? | Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? |
| Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. |
| Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. Avoid every form of evil. | But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
| What then can we say in response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
| Prepare in advance what you want to say, and return to the Lord. Say to him, “Take away all guilt and give us what is good, so that we may present as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.” | Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.” |
| See what love the Father has bestowed on us, enabling us to be called the children of God, and that is what we are. If the world does not recognize us, that is because it did not know him. | See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. |
| What then? Should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Of course not! | What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! |
| In God, whose word I praise, in God I place my trust and know no fear; what can people do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
| The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom, and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding. | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. |
| You need to be steadfast if you want to do the will of God and receive what he has promised. | For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. |
| Faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction about things that cannot be seen. | Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
| And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do as much. | And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. |
| I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you already have so that no one may rob you of your crown. | I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |
| Therefore, heed my words. Do not be concerned about your life and what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body and what you will wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| He reveals deep and hidden mysteries and knows what lies in the darkness, for light dwells with him. | He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. |
| And now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name. | And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name. |
| Therefore, do not allow anyone to pass judgment on you in regard to what you eat or drink, or about the observance of Festivals, New Moons, or Sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come. The reality is Christ. | Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. |
| Therefore, we can say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” | So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” |
| Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not demand the return of what is yours from the one who has taken it. | Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. |
| Let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time. | And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. |
| This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. | In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. |
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