| Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. | As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person. |
| For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. | For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. |
| This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. | Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. | Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest. |
| One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. | One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, But one who is trustworthy conceals a matter. |
| But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. | But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
| Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit. | Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water That extends its roots by a stream, And does not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought, Nor cease to yield fruit. |
| I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our wrongdoings from us. |
| A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning. |
| I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
| If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. | If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. |
| I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. | I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah |
| There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. | Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. |
| But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. | But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. |
| “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” | “Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.” |
| For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. | For You bless the righteous person, Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield. |
| For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. | For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. |
| As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. |
| However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. | Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. |
| Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. | Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. |
| I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. | I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. |
| A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. | I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. | In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. |
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