| To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is! | Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! |
| A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. | A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. |
| But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. | But I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. |
| There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved. | There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved! |
| He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. |
| Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. | Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. |
| Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior. | Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. |
| Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. | Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it. |
| Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. | But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. |
| The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? | Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? |
| Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world. | By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. |
| Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. | He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. |
| One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. |
| Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. |
| He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. | He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken. |
| For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human. | For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. |
| The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. | The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. |
| For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. | For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. |
| And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” | Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” |
| Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. | Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. |
| On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. | My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. |
| For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
| The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings. | Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. |
| So acknowledge today and take to heart that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. | Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else. |
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