| Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
| This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. | In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. For God all things are possible.” | Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” |
| My deliverance and my glory depend on God; he is my mighty rock and my refuge. | On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. |
| If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. |
| God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. | So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
| Although the mountains may be shaken and the hills may totter, my steadfast love will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will never be shaken, says the Lord who has compassion on you. | For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. |
| God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. |
| No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, who has made him known. | No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known. |
| Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. |
| I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You know no God but me, nor any savior other than me. | Yet I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. |
| This is the commandment we have received from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. | The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. |
| While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. | No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. |
| Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. | And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
| Adulterers! Do you not know that love of the world results in enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. |
| Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. |
| But from everlasting to everlasting the kindness of the Lord is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children, with those who keep his covenant and diligently observe his commandments. | But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. |
| However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. | These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. |
| To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. |
| Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. |
| He replied, “What is impossible for men is possible for God.” | He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” |
| To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. | I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. |
| Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Place your hope in God; for I will once again praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. |
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