| He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must increase, but I must decrease. |
| If ye love me, keep my commandments. | If you love me, keep my commandments. |
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| We love him, because he first loved us. | We love him, because he first loved us. |
| Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. | I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. |
| If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. | If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. |
| He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. | He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. |
| Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. | You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am. |
| Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. | Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. |
| Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. | You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. |
| Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. | Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” |
| If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. |
| Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. | Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. |
| And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. |
| He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. | He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. |
| What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? | Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? |
| I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. | I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. | Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.” |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. | I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. |
| Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. | Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. |
| God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
| In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
| Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. | That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
