| For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. | For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. |
| But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. | By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. |
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| Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
| And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. | If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. |
| Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. | As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. |
| Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. | A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called. | There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling. |
| Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
| Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
| My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. | You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. |
| If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. | If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. |
| You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. | You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. |
| And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. | I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. |
| Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” |
| Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
| Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. |
| Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. | Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
| Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. | Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. |
| Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. | Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. |
| The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. |
| Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! | Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
