| Also that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing, not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. | In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. |
| “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. | All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. |
| For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. |
| But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first. | But many who are first will be last, and the last first. |
| Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. | My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. |
| Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. | Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil. |
| And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
| Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. | Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. |
| Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. | Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. |
| But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. | But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints. |
| Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. | Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! |
| Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. | Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. |
| Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. | Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
| Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. | Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. |
| If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. |
| For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. | For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. |
| Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? | Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared? |
| For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
| Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. | If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? |
| Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! | Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. |
| Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents. | Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father. |
| Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. | Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. |
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