| If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding 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. |
| 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. |
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| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
| Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. | Honor widows who are widows indeed. |
| Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. | Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning 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. |
| For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. | 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. |
| The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. | Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight. |
| Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
| 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. |
| Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh can’t please God. |
| Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
| There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there 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. |
| Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
| For the message of the cross is foolishness 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. |
| “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. | “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up. |
| Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. | Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. |
| So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. | While we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. |
| And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
| For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. | For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. |
| Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. | Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling. |
| Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. |
| Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. | Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. |
| You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. |
| But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. | But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
