O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. | Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. |
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | 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. |
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He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” | He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” |
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. | If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. |
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. | But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. |
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. | Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory. |
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. | God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. |
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. | I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. |
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. | And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. |
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. | You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. |
For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. | For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. |
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. | Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” |
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. | Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. |
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. | For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also. |
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. | For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. |
I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. | I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. | For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them. |
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. | I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
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. | 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. |
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. | My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh can’t please God. |
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. | Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. |
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? | But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him? |
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. | Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. |
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! | Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. |