| If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. | If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are. |
| Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. |
| The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. |
| No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. | No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. |
| For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. | For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building. |
| Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. | Who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” | Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.” |
| So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. | God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. |
| No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. | No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
| Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh can’t please God. |
| But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. | Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. | Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments. |
| Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. | But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. |
| Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. | Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. |
| So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. | There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. |
| Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? | Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? |
| And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. | Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. |
| These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. | But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. |
| Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. | Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. |
| To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen. |
| Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. | My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. |
| God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! | God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. |
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