| “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. | “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything. |
| For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. | For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. |
| But many who are first will be last, and the last first. | But many will be last who are first, and first who are last. |
| For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
| Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away. |
| Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh can’t please God. |
| Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. | Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. |
| Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. | Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. |
| But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. | But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints. |
| Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. | Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. |
| Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! | Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. |
| If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. | If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. |
| For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
| Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
| There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. | There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. |
| Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? | Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? |
| What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! | What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! |
| Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! | Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
| Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. | Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. |
| Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. | Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. |
| Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. | Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. |
| Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. | Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. |
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