| He must increase; I must decrease. | He must increase, but I must decrease. |
| Whom do I have in heaven except you? And besides you there is nothing else I desire on earth. | Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. |
| Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. | For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. |
| I keep the Lord always before me, for with him at my right hand I will never fall. | I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. |
| If I give away everything to feed the poor and hand over my body to be burned, but do not have love, I achieve nothing. | And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. |
| I will extol you, my God and King; I will bless your name forever and ever. | I will exalt You, my God, the King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” |
| I will offer praise to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wondrous deeds. | I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. |
| At dawn let me experience your kindness, for in you I place my trust. Show me the path I must walk, for to you I lift up my soul. | Let me hear Your faithfulness in the morning, For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. |
| For this reason, I rejoice when I endure weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and distress for the sake of Christ. For it is when I am weak that I am strong. | Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in distresses, in persecutions, in difficulties, in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. |
| Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled; be not afraid. | Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful. |
| I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O Lord; I will sing your praises among the nations. | I will give thanks to You, Lord, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. |
| But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. |
| I shall forgive them for their wicked deeds, and I shall remember their sins no more. | For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings, And their sins I will no longer remember. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look with desire upon a virgin. | I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin? |
| Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. |
| Jesus then said, “I will remain with you only for a short time longer, and then I shall return to him who sent me.” | Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me.” |
| Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. | Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
| I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them. | And I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. |
| I will instruct you and guide you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and keep my eyes upon you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you. |
| Amen, amen, I say to you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and indeed will do even greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. | Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father. |
| For I will provide the weary with all they need, and I will restore the strength of all those who have grown faint with hunger. | For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and refresh everyone who languishes. |
| I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father. | I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. |
| Return, rebel Israel, says the Lord. I will not look upon you in anger. For I am merciful, says the Lord; my wrath will not continue forever. | ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not look at you in anger. For I am gracious,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.’ |
| And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. The life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. | I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. |
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