For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. |
But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. | But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. |
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Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal. | Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began. |
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. | For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. | For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. |
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. |
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts. | But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. |
But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. | But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. |
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. | And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? | Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. | And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. |
But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ. | Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. |
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end. | For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. |
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me. | I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. |
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. | For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. |
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.” | All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). |
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. | You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. |
Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal. | Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. |
For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. |
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. | The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. |
For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. | For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. |