| Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. | Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance. |
| Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops. | Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase. |
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| And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
| Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. | He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
| Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. | He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. |
| For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. |
| For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. |
| For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. |
| Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. | He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. |
| Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. | Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls— Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. |
| For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord. |
| Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. |
| Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. | By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life. |
| You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. | While you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. |
| Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. | Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. |
| Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. | Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. | He who follows righteousness and mercy Finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
| The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. |
| For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. | For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. |
| If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. | If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. |
| A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. | The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke. |
| Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? | Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? |
| The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. |
| The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. | For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. |
