For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? |
Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. |
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? | Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
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 unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? |
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. | 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. |
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. |
What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? | What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? |
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! | 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 trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
So that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints. | Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. |
I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. | I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |
What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. | What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. |
But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. | But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. |
To you, O God of my ancestors, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and power, and have now revealed to me what we asked of you, for you have revealed to us what the king ordered. | To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter. |
He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him. | He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. |
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. | Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. |
What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” | What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” |
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. | 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 know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. | I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. |
So 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?” |
For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. | For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. |
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. | And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. |
All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being. | All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. |
If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. | If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. |
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