| 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 mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there between light and 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 worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 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 to 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 are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is 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 words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit 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 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. |
| What then? Should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Of course not! | What then? Should we 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 am not 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 else 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 need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was 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. | If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit 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 to 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 worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. 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 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 delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, 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 do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is 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 say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone 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 if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. |
| 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. | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, 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 loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. |
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It is better to be a patient man rather than a warrior,one who controls his temper rather than one who captures a city.