Living by Faith or bySight

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁹For, even our God, is a consuming fire.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁹“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³For I say, through the favour which hath been given me, unto every one who is among you,—not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but so to think as to think soberly—as, unto each one, God hath dealt a measure of faith.

Berean · Standard Bible

³For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³We, however, not as to the things without measure, will boast ourselves, but, according to the measure of the limit which God apportioned unto us, as a measure—to reach as far as even you! ¹⁴For, not as though we were not reaching unto you, are we over-stretching ourselves, for, as far as even you, were we beforehand in the glad-message of the Christ:

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you. ¹⁴We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁰And, he, saith unto them—Because of your little faith. For, verily, I say unto you—If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, remove hence yonder; and it shall be removed, and, nothing, shall be impossible to you.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁰“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³¹Another parable, put he before them, saying—The kingdom of the heavens is like unto, a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; ³²which, indeed, is, less, than all seeds, but, when grown, is greater than garden-plants, and becometh a tree,—so that the birds of heaven come, and lodge among its branches.

Berean · Standard Bible

³¹He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. ³²Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷Hence, our faith, cometh by something heard, and, that which is heard, through a declaration of Christ.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷For, a righteousness of God, is therein revealed,—by faith unto faith: even as it is written—But, he that is righteous, by faith, shall live.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶For, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, [is] life and peace;—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:

Berean · Standard Bible

²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴⁵The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and, the wicked man, out of the wicked heart, bringeth forth that which is wicked; for, out of an overflowing of heart, speaketh, his mouth.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴⁵The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵I, am the vine: Ye, are the branches. He that abideth in me and, I, in him, the same, beareth much fruit; because, apart from me, ye can bring forth, nothing. ⁶If one abide not me, he is cast out as the branch, and withered, and they gather them,—and, into fire, they cast them, and they are burned.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁸A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁸Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵Now, he that hath wrought us for this very thing, is, God,—who hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit, ⁶Having good courage, therefore, at all times, and knowing that—remaining at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord,— ⁷By faith, are we walking, not by sight;—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come. ⁶Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. ⁷For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵Be trying, yourselves, whether ye are in the faith, be putting, yourselves, to the test! Or do ye not recognise yourselves, seeing that, Jesus Christ, is in you,—unless perhaps ye fail in the testing.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord, that shall instruct him? But, we, have, the mind of Christ.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸Then heard they the sound of Yahweh God, walking to and fro in the garden at the breeze of the day,—so he hid himself—the man with his wife, from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are dignified, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are chaste, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,—if there be any virtue, and if any praise, the same, be taking into account;

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²And be not configuring yourselves unto this age, but be transforming yourselves by the renewing of your mind, to the end ye may be proving what is the thing willed by God—the good and acceptable and perfect.

Berean · Standard Bible

²Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶But, Christ, as, a Son, over his house,—whose house are, we,—if, the freedom of speech and boast of the hope, [throughout, firm,] we hold fast.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁴Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; ²⁵And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and rushed against that house, and it fell not; for it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶And every one who heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁴Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. ²⁶But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁶And God said—Let us make man in our image after our likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast—and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁶Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁶For ye, all, are, sons of God, through the faith in Christ Jesus;

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁶You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁴And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory,—a glory, as an Only-begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁴The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸No one, hath seen, God, at any time: An Only Begotten God, The One existing within the bosom of the Father, He, hath interpreted [him].

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave,—that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age-abiding.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸He that believeth on him, is not to be judged: he that believeth not, already, hath been judged,—because he hath not believed on the name of the Only Begotten Son of God.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁵And answering, the messenger said unto her—The Holy Spirit, shall come upon thee, and, the power of the Most High, shall overshadow thee; wherefore, even that which is to be born, Holy, shall be called, Son of God.

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁵The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁵Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation,—

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁵The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent;—

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶Who, not according to a law of commandment dealing with the flesh, hath arisen, but according to the power of an indissoluble life;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³²We, therefore, unto you, bring the good news, as to the promise which, unto our fathers, was made,— ³³That God hath fulfilled, the same, for our children, by raising up Jesus: as also, in the second psalm, it is written—My son, art, thou: I, this day, have begotten thee.

Berean · Standard Bible

³²And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers ³³He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁹For, whom he fore-approved, he also fore-appointed to be conformed unto the image of his Son, that he might be firstborn among many brethren,—

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁹For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰For it was becoming in him—For the sake of whom are the all things, and by means of whom are the all things,—when, many sons, unto glory, he would lead, The Princely Leader of their salvation, through sufferings, to make perfect. ¹¹For, both he that maketh holy, and they who are being made holy, are, all, of One; For which cause, he is not ashamed to be calling them, brethren, ¹²saying—I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of an assembly, will I sing praise unto thee; ¹³and again—I, will be confident upon him; and again—Lo! I, and the children which, unto me, God, hath given.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. ¹¹For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. ¹²He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.” ¹³And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³Jesus answered, and said unto him—Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Berean · Standard Bible

³Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷Jesus saith unto her—Be not detaining me, for, not yet, have I ascended unto the Father; but be going unto my disciples, and say unto them—I am ascending unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³Having been regenerated—Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible—through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;

Berean · Standard Bible

²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷And, if children, heirs also—heirs, indeed, of God, but co-heirs with Christ,—if, at least, we are suffering together, in order that we may also be glorified together.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²But, as many as did receive him, he gave, unto them, authority, children of God, to become,—unto them who were believing on his name:

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁰Now, unto him who is able to do, above all things, exceeding abundantly above the things which we ask or conceive,—according to the power which doth energise itself within us,—

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁰Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁷But, Paul, said unto them—Beating us, in public, uncondemned, men that are Romans, they thrust us into prison;—and, now, by stealth, are they thrusting us forth? Nay, verily! but let them come, themselves, and lead us out!

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁷But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁵For ye have not received a spirit of servitude, leading back into fear, but ye have received a spirit of sonship, whereby we are exclaiming—Abba! Oh Father!

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁵For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect,—in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging,—in that, just as, He, is, we also, are, in this world.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷On the contrary, now, no longer, are we gaining it. So that, if any one is in Christ, there is a new creation! the old things, have passed away,—Lo! they have become new!

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁰In behalf of Christ, therefore, are we ambassadors,—as if God were beseeching through us: we entreat, in behalf of Christ,—be reconciled unto God!

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁰Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁵Now, the slave, doth not abide in the house, evermore. The Son, abideth, evermore.

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁵A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵marking us out beforehand unto sonship, through Jesus Christ, for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive;—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob, begat Judah and his brethren;

Berean · Standard Bible

²Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,—who is called Christ.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³Who—not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but—of God, were born.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²¹And, this commandment, have we from him,—that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.

Berean · Standard Bible

²¹And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶The Spirit itself, beareth witness together with our spirit that we are children of God;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Behold, what manner of love, the Father hath bestowed upon us—that, children of God, we should be called,—and such we are! Therefore, the world understandeth us not, because it understood not him.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁵A prophet out of thy midst of thy brethren like unto me, will Yahweh thy God, raise up unto thee—unto him, shall ye hearken:

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁵The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸A prophet, will I raise up unto them, out of the midst of their brethren, like unto thee,—and I will put my words in his mouth, so shall he speak unto them whatsoever I shall command him. ¹⁹And it shall come to pass, that, the man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I, myself will require it of him.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. ¹⁹And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?

Berean · Standard Bible

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me,—An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵Yet, he, was pierced for transgressions that were ours, was crushed for iniquities that were ours,—the chastisement for our well-being, was upon him, And by his stripes, there is healing for us.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²If we endure, we shall also reign together; If we shall deny, he also, will deny us,

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Whereas, in many parts and in many ways of old, God spake unto the fathers, in the prophets, ²At the end of these days, He hath spoken unto us in his Son,—whom he hath appointed heir of all things, through whom also he hath made the ages;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. ²But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁹How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,—and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁹that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³Of this, first, taking note—that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on, ⁴and saying—Where is the promise of his presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of creation.

Berean · Standard Bible

³Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. ⁴“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Beginning of the glad-message of Jesus Christ. ²According as it is written in Isaiah the prophet—Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way,— ³A voice of one crying aloud—In the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ²As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” ³“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷And, he, shall go before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah,—To turn the hearts of fathers unto children, and the unyielding, into the prudence of the righteous, and to prepare, for the Lord, a people made ready.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord, is upon me, because he hath anointed me—to tell glad tidings unto the destitute; He hath sent me forth,—To proclaim, to captives, a release, and, to the blind, a recovering of sight,—to send away the crushed, with a release;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁰He that beareth witness of these things, saith—Yea! I come, speedily. Amen! come, Lord Jesus!

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³But the messenger said unto him—Do not fear, Zachariah! Inasmuch as thy supplication hath been hearkened to,—and, thy wife Elizabeth, shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name, John;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸And Zachariah said unto the messenger—Whereby, shall I know this? for, I, am, aged, and, my wife, advanced in her days. ¹⁹And the messenger, answering, said unto him—I, am Gabriel,—he that standeth near before God; and have been sent forth to speak unto thee, and to deliver the joyful message unto thee, as touching these things. ²⁰And lo! thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak until the day when these things shall come to pass; because thou didst not believe in my words,—the which shall be fulfilled for their season.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.” ¹⁹“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. ²⁰And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷⁶And, even thou, child, prophet of the Most High, shalt be called,—for thou shall march on before the Lord, to prepare his ways,

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷⁶And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸⁰And, the child, went on growing, and being strengthened in spirit, and was in the deserts, until the day he was pointed out unto Israel.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸⁰And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁶Now, in the sixth month, was the messenger Gabriel sent forth from God, into a city of Galilee, the name of which was Nazareth,— ²⁷unto a virgin, betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and, the name of the virgin, was, Mary; ²⁸and entering in unto her, he said—Joy to thee, favoured one! The Lord, be with thee! ²⁹And, she, at the word, was greatly troubled, and began to deliberate, of what kind, this salutation, might be. ³⁰And the messenger said unto her—Do not fear, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God,— ³¹And lo! thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name, Jesus: ³²the same, shall be great, and, Son of the Most High, shall be called, and the Lord God, will give unto him, the throne of David his father,— ³³And he shall reign over the house of Jacob, unto the ages, and, of his kingdom, there shall be, no end. ³⁴But Mary said unto the messenger—How, shall this thing be, seeing that, a man, I know not? ³⁵And answering, the messenger said unto her—The Holy Spirit, shall come upon thee, and, the power of the Most High, shall overshadow thee; wherefore, even that which is to be born, Holy, shall be called, Son of God. ³⁶And lo! Elizabeth thy kinswoman, even she, hath conceived a son in, her old-age;—and, this month, is, the sixth, to her, the so-called barren one; ³⁷Because no declaration from God, shall be void of power. ³⁸And Mary said—Lo! the handmaid of the Lord! Might it come to pass unto me, according to thy declaration. And the messenger departed from her.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁶In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, ²⁷to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” ²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. ³¹Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, ³³and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” ³⁴“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” ³⁵The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. ³⁶Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month. ³⁷For no word from God will ever fail.” ³⁸“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸Now the birth, of [Jesus] Christ, was, thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph,—before they came together, she was found with child by [the] Holy Spirit.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁴God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁴God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁴But, recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, as they cried aloud—Great, is Diana of the Ephesians!

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁴But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴⁷And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour;

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴⁷and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹The Lineage Roll of Jesus Christ,—Son of David, Son of Abraham.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,—who is called Christ. ¹⁷So then, all the generations from Abraham unto David, are, fourteen, generations, and, from David unto the removal to Babylon, fourteen, generations; and, from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen, generations.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷For, Thus, saith Yahweh,—There shall not be wanting to David—A man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²And the land brought-forth vegetation—herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁴Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent—Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,—on thy belly, shalt thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. ¹⁵And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,—He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁴So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. ¹⁵And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,—so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁷For, just as the days of Noah, so, will be the presence of the Son of Man; ³⁸For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,—until the day Noah entered into the ark; ³⁹And they observed not, until the flood came and took away all together, so, will be, the presence of the Son of Man.

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁷As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. ³⁹And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁵And it was given unto it, to give spirit unto the image of the wild-beast, in order that the image of the wild-beast should both speak and should cause that, as many as should not do homage unto the image of the wild-beast, should be slain.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁵The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶But of the cities of these peoples which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, shalt thou not save alive, any breathing thing.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods,—and so ye sin against Yahweh your God.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵And he brought him forth abroad and said—Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,—Because thou didst hearken unto my voice.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh—I will give, unto him, to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁵Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁵Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵And she brought forth a son, a manchild, who was about to shepherd all the nations with a sceptre of iron; and her child was caught away unto God and unto his throne.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³Until we all advance—into the oneness of the faith, and the personal knowledge of the Son of God, into a man of full-growth, into the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶Now, unto Abraham, were spoken the promises—and unto his seed;—He saith not—and unto thy seeds, as of many, but, as of one—and unto thy seed, which is Christ:

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁹Why, then, the law? Because of the transgressions, it was added, until such time as the seed should come, unto whom the promise had been made, and was given in charge through messengers, at the hand of a mediator;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁹Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁹Now, if, ye, are of Christ, by consequence ye are, Abraham’s seed, according to promise, heirs.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁹And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are Israel.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³Having been regenerated—Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible—through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;

Berean · Standard Bible

²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²At the end of these days, He hath spoken unto us in his Son,—whom he hath appointed heir of all things, through whom also he hath made the ages; ³Who, being an eradiated brightness of his glory, and an exact representation of his very being, also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, purification of sins, having achieved, sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places: ⁴By so much becoming superior to the messengers, by as much as, going beyond them, he hath inherited a more distinguished name. ⁵For unto which of the messengers said he at any time—My Son, art, thou, I, this day have begotten thee? and again—I, will become, his father, and, he, shall become my Son? ⁶But, whensoever he again introduceth the first-begotten into the habitable earth, he saith—And let all God’s messengers worship him!

Berean · Standard Bible

²But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. ³The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. ⁴So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. ⁵For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? ⁶And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷That, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you a Spirit of wisdom and understanding in gaining a personal knowledge of him,—

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵For, not unto messengers, hath he subjected the coming habitable earth of which we are speaking;

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁴Are they not, all, spirits, doing public service,—for ministry, sent forth, for the sake of them who are about to inherit salvation?

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁴Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶But one somewhere hath borne witness, saying—What is man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? Or the son of man, that thou shouldst put him in charge? ⁷Thou hast made him less, some little, than messengers, With glory and honour, hast thou crowned him,— [And hast set him over the works of thy hands]; ⁸All things, hast thou subjected beneath his feet. For, in subjecting, [to him] the all things, nothing, left he, to him unsubjected; But now, not yet, do we see, to him, the all things subjected;—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? ⁷You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor ⁸and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸And all they who are dwelling upon the earth will do homage unto him,—[every one] whose name is not written in the scroll of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²¹For, since indeed, through a man, came death, through a man, also cometh the raising of the dead; ²²For, just as, in the Adam, all die, so, also, in the Christ, shall all be made alive.

Berean · Standard Bible

²¹For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. ²²For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁵For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet:

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁵For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹But, Jesus, made some little less than messengers, we do behold: by reason of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, to the end that, by favour of God, in behalf of every one, he might taste of death. ¹⁰For it was becoming in him—For the sake of whom are the all things, and by means of whom are the all things,—when, many sons, unto glory, he would lead, The Princely Leader of their salvation, through sufferings, to make perfect.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. ¹⁰In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²saying—I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of an assembly, will I sing praise unto thee; ¹³and again—I, will be confident upon him; and again—Lo! I, and the children which, unto me, God, hath given.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.” ¹³And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸For, in that, he, suffered when tested, he is able, unto them who are being tested, to give succour.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁸Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²But, as many as did receive him, he gave, unto them, authority, children of God, to become,—unto them who were believing on his name:

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying—Now, hath come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren hath been cast out, who was accusing them before our God day and night;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁴For, by one offering, hath he perfected for evermore, them who are being made holy.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁴because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁷Lo! for well-being, I had bitterness—bitterness,—But, thou, cleaving unto my soul, hast raised me from the pit of corruption, For thou hast cast, behind thy back all my sins.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁷Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁹He will again have compassion upon us, he will subdue our iniquities,—Thou wilt cast—into the depths of the sea—all their sins.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁹He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰By which will, we have been made holy, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁹and lo! they cried aloud, saying, What have we in common with thee, O Son of God? Hast thou come hither, before the right time, to torment us?

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁹“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³¹And they were beseeching him that he would not order them, into the abyss, to depart.

Berean · Standard Bible

³¹And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee in—unto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite,—so will I destroy them.

Berean · Standard Bible

²³For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³For, the wages of sin, is death; but, God’s gift of favour, is life age-abiding, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Berean · Standard Bible

²³For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³But, he that is in doubt, if he eat, hath condemned himself,—because, [it was] not of faith, and, everything which is not of faith, is sin.

Berean · Standard Bible

²³But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶Wherefore we faint not, but, even if, our outer man, is decaying, nevertheless, our inner [man], is renewing day by day.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁹I call to witness against you to-day, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse,—therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁹I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap,— ⁸Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age-abiding life.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. ⁸The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹For we are, God’s, fellow-workmen: ye are, God’s, farm, God’s building.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³¹If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment; ³²But, being brought under judgment, by the Lord, are we being disciplined, lest, with the world, we should be condemned.

Berean · Standard Bible

³¹Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. ³²But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴And, my discourse, and what I proclaimed, were not in suasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and power: ⁵In order that, your faith, might not be in men’s wisdom, but in God’s power.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, ⁵so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁸Whom we are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁸We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³For, though, in flesh, we walk, not, according to flesh, do we war,— ⁴For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,—

Berean · Standard Bible

³For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. ⁴The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,—Who can know it?

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵When we pull down, calculations, and every height that uplifteth itself against the knowledge of God, and when we bring into captivity every thought unto the obedience of the Christ,

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²²The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, verily they are not exhausted, Verily! not at an end, are his compassions: ²³New things for the mornings! Abundant is thy faithfulness:

Berean · Standard Bible

²²Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. ²³They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹¹In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹¹I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Then the accuser stood up, against Israel,—and moved David, to number Israel.

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¹Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

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⁸For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways,—Declareth Yahweh. ⁹For, higher, are the heavens than the earth,—So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

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⁸“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. ⁹“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

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¹⁶Let us, then, be approaching with freedom of speech, unto the throne of favour, that we may receive mercy, and, favour, may find, for seasonable succour.

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¹⁶Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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²For we have had delivered to us the joyful message, just as even, they; but the word which was heard did not profit them, they not having been blended, by faith, with the things heard.

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²For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

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¹⁹And a trumpets peal,—and a sound of things spoken:—from which they who heard excused themselves, lest there should be added to them, a word;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁹to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

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²⁵Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away:

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²⁵See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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¹⁰Bring ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, Yea, I pray you, put me to the proof hereby, saith Yahweh of hosts, whether I will not open to you the sluices of the heavens, and pour out for you blessing, until there be no room.

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¹⁰Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

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³and said—Verily, I say unto you, Except ye turn and become as the children, in nowise, shall ye enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

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³“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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²⁰Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him.

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²⁰So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

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⁴We were, therefore, buried together with him through our immersion into his death, in order that—just as Christ was raised from among the dead through the glory of the Father, so, we also, in newness of life should walk.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

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⁵And, out of the throne, are coming forth lightnings, and voices, and thunderings; and [there are] seven torches of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.

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²⁷All things, unto me, have been delivered up by my Father; and, no one, fully knoweth the Son, save the rather, neither doth any one fully know, the Father, save, the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son, may be minded, to reveal, him.

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²⁷All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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¹⁷So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.

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¹⁷So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

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¹But faith is, of things hoped for, a confidence, of facts, a conviction, when they are not seen;

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¹Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

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¹⁷Even as it is written—Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed—God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are:—

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¹⁷As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

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¹⁹And, without becoming weak in his faith, he attentively considered his own body, already deadened—he being a hundred years old, the deadening also of Sarah’s womb;

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¹⁹Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

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⁵By faith, Enoch was translated, so as not to see death, and was not found, because that, God, had translated him; for, before the translation, he had received witness that he had become well-pleasing unto God;—

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⁵By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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²⁸Thus, the Christ also, once for all having been offered, for the bearing of the sins, of many, a second time, apart from sin, will appear, to them who for him are ardently waiting—unto salvation.

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²⁸so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

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²⁶Men fainting, from fear and expectation of the things overtaking the inhabited earth. For, the powers of the heavens, will be shaken.

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²⁶Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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²And be not configuring yourselves unto this age, but be transforming yourselves by the renewing of your mind, to the end ye may be proving what is the thing willed by God—the good and acceptable and perfect.

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²Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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⁴Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.

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⁴But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

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⁶But, apart from faith, it is impossible to be well-pleasing; for he that approacheth unto God—must needs have faith, that he is, and that, to them who seek him out, a rewarder he becometh.

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⁶And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

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¹⁴And God said unto Moses, I Will Become whatsoever I please, And he said—Thus, shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, I Will Become hath sent me unto you.

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¹⁴God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house—through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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³Happy! he that readeth, and they who hear, the words of the prophecy, and keep the things, therein, written; for, the season, is, near.

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³Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

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⁸By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed—to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming. ⁹By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰For he was awaiting the city having foundations, whose architect and builder is, God.

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⁸By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. ⁹By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³For what doth the Scripture say? And Abraham believed in God, and it was reckoned unto him as righteousness.

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³For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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²⁰For, our citizenship, in the heavens, hath its rise; wherefore, a Saviour also, do we ardently await,—The Lord Jesus Christ,—

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁰But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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¹²Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you; ¹³But, in so far as ye are taking fellowship in the Christ’s sufferings, rejoice! in order that, in the revealing of his glory also, ye may rejoice with exultation:

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¹²Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹³But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

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⁶But, apart from faith, it is impossible to be well-pleasing; for he that approacheth unto God—must needs have faith, that he is, and that, to them who seek him out, a rewarder he becometh.

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⁶And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

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⁷By faith, are we walking, not by sight;—

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⁷For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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¹⁷For, a righteousness of God, is therein revealed,—by faith unto faith: even as it is written—But, he that is righteous, by faith, shall live.

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¹⁷For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹But faith is, of things hoped for, a confidence, of facts, a conviction, when they are not seen;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹¹By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,—seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹¹By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹Originally, was, the Word, and, the Word, was, with God; and, the Word, was, God.

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¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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³⁴Then, will the king say to those on his right hand: Come ye, the blessed of my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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³⁴Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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⁷Who then, like me, can call, and declare it, and order it, for me, Seeing that I appointed an age-abiding people,—Or things yet to be, and that shall come to pass, Let them declare on their part.

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⁷Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth—as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry,—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁵Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹Things told in advance, lo! they have come to pass,—And new things, am I telling, Ere yet they spring forth, I let, you, hear them.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴Who hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, [who am] First, And with them who are last, I, am the Same!

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⁴Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”

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²⁴Yahweh of hosts, hath sworn, saying,—Surely as I intended, so, hath it come to pass, And as I purposed, the same, shall stand:—

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²⁴The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁷For, Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed,—And who shall frustrate? And, his, is the hand outstretched, And who shall turn it back?

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁷The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

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²¹Tell ye—and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together,—Who let this be known aforetime. In time past, declared it? Was it not, I—Yahweh? And there is none else that is God besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides me!

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²¹Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁶And, by the faith of his name, unto this man whom ye see and know, hath his name given strength,—yea, the faith which is through him, hath given unto him this perfect soundness, over against you all!

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁶By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹Remember ye the things named in advance from age-past times,—For, I, am, The Mighty One, and there is none else, The Adorable and there is none like me!

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⁹Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁴God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

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²⁴God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰Declaring from the beginning, the latter end, And from olden time, that which had never been done,—Saying My purpose shall stand, and All my pleasure, will I perform;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶For, in Christ [Jesus], neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways,—Declareth Yahweh.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known,—Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass. ⁴Because I knew that—Obstinate, thou wast,—And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen, ⁵therefore told I thee—in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear,—Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them! ⁶Thou hast heard—see it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things—from the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not.

Berean · Standard Bible

³I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. ⁴For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. ⁵Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’ ⁶You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁶The sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages and from the generations, but, now, hath been made manifest unto his saints— ²⁷Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,—

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁶the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. ²⁷To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴Respecting which ye can, by reading, perceive my discernment in the sacred secret of the Christ,— ⁵Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit;—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, ⁵which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁹And to bring to light—what is the administration of the sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages in God, who did all things create: ¹⁰In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,— ¹¹According to a plan of the ages which he made in the anointed Jesus our Lord,—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁹and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. ¹⁰His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, ¹¹according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²Unto whom it was revealed—that, Not unto themselves, but unto us, they were ministering them, which things have, now, been announced unto you through them who have told you the good tidings with Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven: into which things messengers are coveting to obtain a nearer view.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience,

Berean · Standard Bible

²in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹¹By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,—seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹¹By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations,—

Berean · Standard Bible

²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²Wherefore, I shall be certain to be, always, putting you in remembrance concerning these things,—although, indeed, ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹²Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,—

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁷And, the peace of God, which riseth above every mind, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁷And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸Whom, not having seen, ye love, on whom, though at present not looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,

Berean · Standard Bible

⁸Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day’s journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub,—and asked for his life, that he might die, and said—Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers.

Berean · Standard Bible

⁴while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁴But if thou remember how I was with thee when it shall go well with thee, then wilt thou I pray thee do me a lovingkindness,—and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me forth out of this house;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁴But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²³Yet the chief of the butlers made no mention of Joseph but did forget him.

Berean · Standard Bible

²³The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, as he was invoking and saying—Lord Jesus! give welcome unto my spirit. ⁶⁰And, kneeling down, he cried out with a loud voice—Lord! do not charge against them, this sin. And, having said this, he fell asleep.

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⁵⁹While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” ⁶⁰Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³In Eden the garden of God, thou wast. Of every precious stone, was thy covering-Sardius. topaz, and diamond, Chrysolite beryl, and jasper, Sapphire carbuncle and emerald,- And of gold, was the work of thy timbrels and thy flutes within thee, In the day thou wast created, were they prepared: ¹⁴Thou, wast the anointed cherub that covered,— When I appointed thee, in the holy mount of God, thou wast, Amid stones of fire, thou didst walk to and fro: ¹⁵Complete, wast thou in thy ways, from the day thou wast created,- Until perversity was found in thee.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. ¹⁴You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. ¹⁵From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹³Yet, thou, didst say in thy heart—The heavens, will I ascend, Above the stars of GOD, will I lift up my throne,—That I may sit in the Mount of Assembly In the Recesses of the North: ¹⁴I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High!

Berean · Standard Bible

¹³You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. ¹⁴I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁶I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all; ⁷But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

Berean · Standard Bible

⁶I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’ ⁷But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³⁴Jesus answered them—Is it not written in your law: I, said, Ye are, gods?

Berean · Standard Bible

³⁴Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁶And God said—Let us make man in our image after our likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast—and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land. ²⁷And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him,—Male and female, created he, them.

Berean · Standard Bible

²⁶Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” ²⁷So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying—Now, hath come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren hath been cast out, who was accusing them before our God day and night;

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;

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³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance. ⁴And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope,

Berean · Standard Bible

³Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

³Blessed, be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement, ⁴Who encourageth us in all our tribulation, to the end we may be able to encourage them who are in any tribulation—through means of the encouragement wherewith we, ourselves, are encouraged by God.

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³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

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⁶Wherein ye exult, though, for a little, just now, if needful, put to grief in manifold temptations, ⁷In order that the proving of your faith—much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved—may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,—

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⁶In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials ⁷so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹¹But, no discipline, for the present, indeed, seemeth to be of joy, but of sorrow: afterwards, however—to them who thereby have been trained, it yieldeth peaceful fruit, of righteousness.

Berean · Standard Bible

¹¹No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸If however ye are without discipline, whereof, all, have received a share, then, are ye, bastards, and, not sons.

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⁸If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

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¹²Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you; ¹³But, in so far as ye are taking fellowship in the Christ’s sufferings, rejoice! in order that, in the revealing of his glory also, ye may rejoice with exultation:

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¹²Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹³But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

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¹⁰For it was becoming in him—For the sake of whom are the all things, and by means of whom are the all things,—when, many sons, unto glory, he would lead, The Princely Leader of their salvation, through sufferings, to make perfect.

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¹⁰In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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⁸Even though he was a son, yet learned, from what things he suffered, obedience; ⁹And, being made perfect, became, to all them that obey him, Author of salvation age-abiding;

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⁸Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. ⁹And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

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²⁴Now, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,

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²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

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²²In his body of flesh, through means of his death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccusable before him,—

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²²But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

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²¹His lord said unto him—Well-done! good and faithful servant,—Over a few things wast thou faithful, over many things, will I appoint thee: Enter into the joy of thy lord.

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²¹His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

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³That, no one, might be shrinking back in these tribulations. For ye, yourselves, know, that, hereunto, are we appointed; ⁴For, even when we were with you, we told you beforehand—we are destined to suffer tribulation! even as it also came to pass, and ye know.

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³so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. ⁴Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²But, if anyone is building, upon the foundation—gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ¹³Each one’s work, shall be made, manifest; for, the day, will make it plain, because, by fire, is it to be revealed,—and, each one’s work, of what sort it is, the fire itself will prove:—

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¹²If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹³his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²Yea and, all who are determined to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted;

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¹²Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

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⁹And at once he said unto me—Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me. ¹⁰Wherefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, and straits, in behalf of Christ; for, as soon as I am weak, then, am powerful.

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⁹But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁵Because, God’s foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God’s weak thing, mightier than men.

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²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²For I had not determined to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ,—and, him, as one who had been crucified!

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²For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁹Because, unto you, hath it been given as a favour, in behalf of Christ, not only, on him, to believe, but also, in his behalf, to suffer:—

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²⁹For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²²confirming the souls of the disciples, beseeching them to abide in the faith, and [declaring] that, through many tribulations, must we enter into the kingdom of God.

Berean · Standard Bible

²²strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²For which cause, these things also, am I suffering; nevertheless I am not being put to shame, for I know him whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is, able, to guard, that which I have entrusted, [to him] unto, that, day.

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¹²For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁸In everything, give thanks,—for, this, is a thing willed of God, in Christ Jesus, towards you:

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¹⁸Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

²⁸We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good,—unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;

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²⁸And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹⁰Howbeit, the God of all favour—who hath called you unto his age-abiding glory in Christ—when, for a little, ye have suffered, Himself, will adjust, confirm, strengthen:—

Berean · Standard Bible

¹⁰And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

¹²If we endure, we shall also reign together; If we shall deny, he also, will deny us,

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¹²if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁸For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways,—Declareth Yahweh. ⁹For, higher, are the heavens than the earth,—So, higher, are My ways than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

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⁸“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. ⁹“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Rotherham · Emphasized Bible

⁴²saying—Father! if thou please, bear aside this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be accomplished.

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⁴²“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”