| Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? | Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness? |
| The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? |
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| What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? | For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? |
| What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. | What is desirable in a person is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor person than a liar. |
| The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” | For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. | But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves. |
| Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. | Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. |
| Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. | Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path. |
| He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. | He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the Lord. |
| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the Lord more than sacrifice. |
| Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. | Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. |
| What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? | What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? |
| But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. | But examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. |
| But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. | But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does. |
| Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? | For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. | I am coming quickly; hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. |
| What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! | What then? Are we to sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Far from it! |
| 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 how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. |
| Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. | For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. |
| Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. | Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples. |
| Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. | Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. |
| Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. | Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. |
| In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? |
| What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? |
| He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. | It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him. |
