| Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. | Though he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even death on a cross. |
| For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ | For so has the Lord commanded us to do, saying, ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles so that you may bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’ |
| But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | Rather, let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
| And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. | The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. |
| As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
| As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. | As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit descended upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. |
| I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
| I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have life. |
| But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. | Rather, revere Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be prepared to offer an explanation to anyone who asks you to justify the hope that is in you. However, do so with gentleness and respect. |
| But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. | But for that very reason I was treated mercifully, so that in me Jesus Christ might exhibit his inexhaustible patience, making me an example for those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. |
| For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield. | Truly, you bless the righteous, O Lord; you surround them with your goodwill as with a shield. |
| For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. | The body is one, although it has many parts; and all the parts, though many, form one body. So it is with Christ. |
| But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. | But Jesus has now received a ministry that is far superior, for he is the mediator of a far better covenant that has been established on better promises. |
| Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. | Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. |
| If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. | As much as possible, and to the extent of your ability, live in peace with everyone. |
| As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. | As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything. |
| God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places. | The Lord God is my strength; he makes my feet as swift as those of a deer and enables me to tread on the heights. |
| Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. | Until a spirit from on high is poured out upon us, and the wilderness becomes an orchard and the fruitful field becomes a forest. |
| A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. | I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. |
| Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. | Come now and let us discuss this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow. Though they are as red as crimson, they shall become as white as wool. |
| Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. | Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. |
| And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. | Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before. |
| In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. | 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. |
| Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. | Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly, as if you were doing it for the Lord and not for others, since you know that you will receive from the Lord an inheritance as your reward for you are serving the Lord Christ. |
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