| Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. | Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise. |
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| No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. |
| My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. | My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. |
| Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. |
| Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” | Looking at them, Jesus said, “With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.” |
| They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. | For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper. |
| So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. | So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. |
| And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. | Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. |
| Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments. |
| Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. | But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. |
| When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. | No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
| If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. | If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. |
| Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. | And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
| But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. | Yet I have been the Lord your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me. |
| No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. | No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him. |
| These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. | For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. |
| Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. |
| Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. | My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him. |
| To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. | Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. | My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him comes my salvation. |
| And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. | And because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. |
| Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God. |
| For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. | For You have put us to the test, God; You have refined us as silver is refined. |
| Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. | Arise, Lord; God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble. |
