Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah |
Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
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But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” | But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.” |
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 yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. |
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. |
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. | Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap. |
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. |
Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. | Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. |
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? |
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. | You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. |
And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. | And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. |
Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. | Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God. |
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” | Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. | When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would bring on them. So He did not do it. |
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God! | How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? |
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. | For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. |
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” | Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’ ” |
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. | Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. |
Cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | And heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ |
Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. | Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. |
Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |