| Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” | Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. |
| Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. | Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. |
| Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. | Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting. |
| And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. | By which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust. |
| Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” | Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.” |
| For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. | For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse. |
| My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed. | My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you! |
| And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ | I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ |
| To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. |
| The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. | The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish. |
| I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. | I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. |
| The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. | The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
| Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! | Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. |
| For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. | For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. |
| Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. | Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. |
| Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! | Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. |
| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.” |
| For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. | For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh. |
| For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? |
| And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. | This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. |
| May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. | Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. | Looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. |
| The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. | Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes. |
| For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. | For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end. |
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A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
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