| For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. | For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. |
| Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. | For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. |
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| Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
| The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. | The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward. |
| For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. |
| For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. | For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. |
| And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope. | Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. |
| He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? | Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? |
| Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. | So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” |
| He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. | He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend. |
| Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. | Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. |
