| Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. | Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
| And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed. | Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it. |
| Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. | Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good. |
| He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. | Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works. |
| Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person's envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. | Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
| For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. | For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also. |
| Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! | Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah! |
| Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. | Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. |
| You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. | You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” |
| For Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. | For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. |
| Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way. | A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. |
| For whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. | For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. |
| Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. | Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. |
| While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent. | The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent. |
| And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” | He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” |
| If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. |
| So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. | Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day. |
| Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. | Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. |
| Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. | Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord. |
| Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. | In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. |
| Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. | Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’ |
| Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. | Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |
| Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. | Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved. |
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