| No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male slave, nor his female slave, nor his oxen, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor. | You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. |
| Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways! | Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! |
| John’s clothing was made of camel’s hair, with a leather loincloth around his waist, and his food consisted of locusts and wild honey. | Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. | Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. |
| By his own choice he gave us birth through the way of truth so that we may be a kind of firstfruits of all his creation. | Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. |
| In Christ and through his blood we have redemption and the forgiveness of our sins. In accord with the riches of his grace. | In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. |
| For his anger lasts for only a moment, while his goodwill endures for a lifetime. Weeping may last throughout the night, but at daybreak there is rejoicing. | For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. |
| He is a rock, his deeds are perfect, and all of his ways are just. He is a God of truth who does no wrong; he is just and upright. | The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. |
| In my anguish I cried out to the Lord and called to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. | In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. |
| Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
| But from everlasting to everlasting the kindness of the Lord is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children, with those who keep his covenant and diligently observe his commandments. | But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son gives grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. | I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. |
| Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power. | Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. |
| Bless the Lord, O my soul; my entire being, bless his holy name. | Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! |
| Or can a man walk on red-hot coals without scorching his feet? | Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? |
| Each of us must consider his neighbor’s good for the purpose of building him up. | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
| For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. | For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. |
| If I have the gift of prophecy and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all the faith necessary to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. | And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. |
| He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live in righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. | He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. |
| Blessed are all those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. | Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. | For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. |
| Just as he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he depart, naked as he came, with nothing remaining from his labor that he can carry away in his hands. | As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. |
| For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. | For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
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