diff --git a/01-GEN/32.usfm b/01-GEN/32.usfm index 01a4c48b..73c6b9af 100644 --- a/01-GEN/32.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/32.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 He said to the servant who was going with the first group, "When my brother Esau meets you, he will ask you, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?' -\v 18 Tell him, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.' " +\v 18 Tell him, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/01-GEN/42.usfm b/01-GEN/42.usfm index 35f1181f..2a6e0995 100644 --- a/01-GEN/42.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/42.usfm @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \v 29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said, \v 30 "The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country. \v 31 But we told him, 'We are honest men! We are not spies. -\v 32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.' +\v 32 Originally there were twelve. f us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.' \s5 \v 33 The man who is the governor of the land did not believe us, so he said to us, 'This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go. diff --git a/01-GEN/49.usfm b/01-GEN/49.usfm index 7964d7fa..44ee7e23 100644 --- a/01-GEN/49.usfm +++ b/01-GEN/49.usfm @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they se \s5 \p -\v 28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were right for him. +\v 28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve. ribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were right for him. \p \v 29 Then Jacob said to his sons, "I will soon die and join my ancestors who have already died. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people group. diff --git a/02-EXO/05.usfm b/02-EXO/05.usfm index fcf649ea..b107a9c4 100644 --- a/02-EXO/05.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/05.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 5 \p -\v 1 Then Moses and Aaron went to the king. They said to him, "Yahweh God, whom we Israelite people worship, says this to you: 'Let my people go to the desert in order that they may have a festival to honor me!' " +\v 1 Then Moses and Aaron went to the king. They said to him, "Yahweh God, whom we Israelite people worship, says this to you: 'Let my people go to the desert in order that they may have a festival to honor me!'" \v 2 But the king said, "Yahweh is no one important. I do not need to pay attention to what he says, or let the Israelite people go. I do not know this Yahweh! Furthermore, I will not let the Israelite people go!" \s5 diff --git a/02-EXO/23.usfm b/02-EXO/23.usfm index b5814c31..026e6b51 100644 --- a/02-EXO/23.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/23.usfm @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 I will remove those people groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land. -\v 31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the sea of Reeds in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the wilderness of Sinai in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will give you the power to remove the people who live there so that you will remove them as you occupy more of the country. +\v 31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the Sea of Reeds in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the wilderness of Sinai in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will give you the power to remove the people who live there so that you will remove them as you occupy more of the country. \v 32 You must not make any agreement with those people or with their gods. \v 33 Do not allow those people to live in your land in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me just as someone caught in a trap is unable to escape." diff --git a/02-EXO/28.usfm b/02-EXO/28.usfm index b533a02f..f0352e6c 100644 --- a/02-EXO/28.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/28.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 He must engrave the names in the order in which Jacob's sons were born. He must engrave six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone. \v 11 A gem cutter should engrave these names on the two stones. Then he should mount the stones in gold settings. -\v 12 Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people. +\v 12 Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve. ribes of Israel. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people. \s5 \v 13 The settings for the stones must be made from gold. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 20 In the fourth row, he must put a yellow beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All of these stones must be mounted in gold settings. \s5 -\v 21 A gem cutter should engrave on each of these twelve stones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve tribes of Israel. +\v 21 A gem cutter should engrave on each of these twelve. tones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve. ribes of Israel. \v 22 The two chains that are made from pure gold and braided like cords are for attaching the sacred pouch to the sacred apron. \v 23 The workman must make two gold rings and attach them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. \v 24 He must make two gold cords and fasten one end of each cord to one of the rings. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \v 28 The skilled workman must tie the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord so that the sacred pouch is above the sash and does not come loose from the sacred apron. \s5 -\v 29 In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place. +\v 29 In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve. ribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place. \v 30 Put into the sacred pouch the two things--named Urim and Thummim--that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the holy place to talk to me. He will use them to determine what my will is for the Israelite people." diff --git a/02-EXO/39.usfm b/02-EXO/39.usfm index f90f2cfa..ec063429 100644 --- a/02-EXO/39.usfm +++ b/02-EXO/39.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Bezalel and his men cut two onyx stones and enclosed them in a tiny frame, and a skilled gem cutter engraved on the stones the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. -\v 7 They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses. +\v 7 They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve. ribes of Israel, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses. \s5 \v 8 They made the sacred chest pouch with the same materials as the sacred apron and embroidered it in the same way. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \v 13 In the fourth row, they put a yellow beryl, a red carnelian, and a green jasper. They put tiny gold frames around each of the stones. \s5 -\v 14 On each of the twelve stones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve tribes of Israel. +\v 14 On each of the twelve. tones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve tribes of Israel. \v 15 They made two chains from pure gold and braided them like cords, to attach the sacred pouch to the sacred apron. \v 16 They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. diff --git a/03-LEV/05.usfm b/03-LEV/05.usfm index d070fceb..3730b04a 100644 --- a/03-LEV/05.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/05.usfm @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 If you are poor and cannot afford to bring a lamb, you must bring to Yahweh two doves or two young pigeons. One will be an offering for your sin, and the other will be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar. +\v 7 If you are poor and cannot afford to bring a lamb, you must bring to Yahweh two pigeons or two young pigeons. One will be an offering for your sin, and the other will be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar. \v 8 You must bring them to the priest. First he will offer one of them to be an offering for your sin. He will wring its neck to kill it, but he must not pull off its head completely. \v 9 Then he must sprinkle some of the blood against the side of the altar. The remaining blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. That will be an offering for your sin. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin two liters of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin. +\v 11 However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two pigeons or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin two liters of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin. \s5 \v 12 You must take it to the priest. He will take a handful of it to symbolize that the whole offering truly belongs to Yahweh, and burn it on the altar, on top of the other offerings. diff --git a/03-LEV/10.usfm b/03-LEV/10.usfm index 2dba338b..796be2d5 100644 --- a/03-LEV/10.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/10.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \q1 'Those priests who come near to me— \q2 I will show them that they must honor me; \q1 in the presence of all the people -\q2 I am the one whom they must honor.' " +\q2 I am the one whom they must honor.'" \m But Aaron said nothing. \p \v 4 Then Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, who were the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Take the corpses of your cousins outside the camp, away from being in front of the sacred tent." diff --git a/03-LEV/11.usfm b/03-LEV/11.usfm index 1592d7c2..e3880177 100644 --- a/03-LEV/11.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/11.usfm @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 46 Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or creep along on the ground. -\v 47 You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.' " +\v 47 You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/12.usfm b/03-LEV/12.usfm index ea31ee34..56986bbd 100644 --- a/03-LEV/12.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/12.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 The priest will offer these animals to Yahweh in order that she may be made acceptable to him again. Then she will be purified from her flow of blood when the baby was born. \p Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a baby boy or girl. -\v 8 If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause her to be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided." +\v 8 If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two pigeons or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause her to be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided." diff --git a/03-LEV/14.usfm b/03-LEV/14.usfm index 7fe73d06..9e6562ca 100644 --- a/03-LEV/14.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/14.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 But if the person has gotten well is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must bring to the priest one male lamb for the priest to lift it up and offer it to Yahweh. This will be a sacrifice because the sick person was not able to give to Yahweh the things that he was required to give him. He must also bring about two liters of flour offering mixed with about one third liter of olive oil; this will be an offering made from flour. He must also bring about one third liter of olive oil. -\v 22 He must also bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for Yahweh to forgive his sins, and one for the priest to burn whole on the altar. +\v 22 He must also bring two pigeons or two young pigeons, one for Yahweh to forgive his sins, and one for the priest to burn whole on the altar. \p \v 23 On that same day, the eighth day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent, to offer them to Yahweh. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \v 29 He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person whose has gotten well. This will show that Yahweh has forgiven that person's sins. \s5 -\v 30 Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought. +\v 30 Then the priest must sacrifice the pigeons or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought. \v 31 One will be a sin offering and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering made from flour. By doing that, the priest will atone for that person's sins. \p \v 32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again." diff --git a/03-LEV/15.usfm b/03-LEV/15.usfm index 4c5f762b..22d4ed19 100644 --- a/03-LEV/15.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/15.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 13 If such a man gets well from his flow of fluid, he must wait for seven days. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water from a spring or stream. Then he will be able to be with others. -\v 14 On the eighth day, he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the sacred tent, and give them to the priest. +\v 14 On the eighth day, he must take two pigeons or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the sacred tent, and give them to the priest. \v 15 The priest will sacrifice them. One bird will be an offering for the man's sin, and the priest will completely burn the other one on the altar. Then the man will be pure again and acceptable to Yahweh. \s5 @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 28 If the woman is healed of her flow of blood, she must wait seven days before she touches anyone. -\v 29 On the eighth day, she must take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent. +\v 29 On the eighth day, she must take two pigeons or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the sacred tent. \v 30 The priest must sacrifice one of them as an offering for her sins, and he must completely burn the other one on the altar. Then she will be pure again and acceptable to Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/03-LEV/17.usfm b/03-LEV/17.usfm index 4e94ebdf..d9169cc2 100644 --- a/03-LEV/17.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/17.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 If any of you Israelites or any foreigner who is living among you eats any meat from an animal that died or that was killed by wild animals, you must wash your clothes and bathe. Then you must not touch anyone else until that evening. -\v 16 If you do not obey this rule, I will certainly punish you.' " +\v 16 If you do not obey this rule, I will certainly punish you.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/18.usfm b/03-LEV/18.usfm index 4bcfe292..b09cb910 100644 --- a/03-LEV/18.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/18.usfm @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 29 You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you, who are my people. -\v 30 Obey all that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by following any of the disgusting habits of the people who were there before you came. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding these things.' " +\v 30 Obey all that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by following any of the disgusting habits of the people who were there before you came. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding these things.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/19.usfm b/03-LEV/19.usfm index fdf6edec..c768c03c 100644 --- a/03-LEV/19.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/19.usfm @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ \v 35 When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are, \v 36 use correct measuring sticks and scales and weights on the scales and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt. \p -\v 37 Obey carefully all my laws and decrees. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding you these things.' " +\v 37 Obey carefully all my laws and decrees. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding you these things.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/20.usfm b/03-LEV/20.usfm index eef5d833..92dec5c7 100644 --- a/03-LEV/20.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/20.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 27 You must execute any man or woman among you who consults the spirits of dead people or other spirits. Kill them by throwing stones at them; they will be responsible for their own deaths.' " +\v 27 You must execute any man or woman among you who consults the spirits of dead people or other spirits. Kill them by throwing stones at them; they will be responsible for their own deaths.'" diff --git a/03-LEV/21.usfm b/03-LEV/21.usfm index 5c6fbbeb..2107300e 100644 --- a/03-LEV/21.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/21.usfm @@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ \s5 \v 22 Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me. -\v 23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the sacred tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my sacred tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart for myself and for my honor.' " +\v 23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the sacred tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my sacred tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart for myself and for my honor.'" \p \v 24 So Moses told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelite people. diff --git a/03-LEV/22.usfm b/03-LEV/22.usfm index 8ed333ea..f3edf502 100644 --- a/03-LEV/22.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/22.usfm @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 You must not offer to me animals whose reproductive organs are bruised, crushed, or torn or cut. You must not injure the reproductive organs of any animal in your land, -\v 25 and you must not accept such animals that are sold to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as food for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.' " +\v 25 and you must not accept such animals that are sold to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as food for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/03-LEV/25.usfm b/03-LEV/25.usfm index dbaf0928..7a0a42bb 100644 --- a/03-LEV/25.usfm +++ b/03-LEV/25.usfm @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ \v 53 During those years that he is working for the man who bought him, the man who bought him must treat him like he would treat a hired worker, and all of you must make sure that his owner does not treat him cruelly. \p \v 54 And even if a fellow Israelite who has sold himself to a rich man is not able to pay for himself to be freed by any of these ways, he and his children must be freed in the year of celebration, -\v 55 because it is as though you Israelites are my slaves, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from being slaves in Egypt.' " +\v 55 because it is as though you Israelites are my slaves, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from being slaves in Egypt.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/06.usfm b/04-NUM/06.usfm index 86e80d54..4d756d7b 100644 --- a/04-NUM/06.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/06.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 9 If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again. \s5 -\v 10 The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the sacred tent. +\v 10 The next day you must bring two pigeons or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the sacred tent. \v 11 The priest must kill the birds and offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to take away the guilt of your sin, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. After the priests burns them on the altar, I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and when your hair grows again it will be dedicated to me again. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/07.usfm b/04-NUM/07.usfm index 389fe6bc..87dd459b 100644 --- a/04-NUM/07.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/07.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 When Moses had finished setting up the sacred tent, he poured oil on it, and set it apart for the honor of Yahweh. He also dedicated the things that are inside the sacred tent, and the altar for burning sacrifices, and all the things that would be used at the altar. -\v 2 Then the leaders of the twelve Israelite tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses to count the men who could fight in battles, +\v 2 Then the leaders of the twelve. sraelite tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses to count the men who could fight in battles, \v 3 came to the sacred tent, bringing gifts to Yahweh. They brought six sturdy carts and twelve oxen, one ox from each of the leaders and a cart from each of the two leaders. \s5 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 On the day that the altar was dedicated, the twelve leaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar. -\v 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "Each of the next twelve days one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar." +\v 10 On the day that the altar was dedicated, the twelve. eaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar. +\v 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "Each of the next twelve. ays one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar." \s5 \pi @@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 84-86 When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts: -\li twelve silver plates and twelve silver bowls, weighing a total of about twenty-eight kilograms, each of them weighed on the scales kept in the sacred tent, -\li twelve gold dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about 1.4 kilograms, each weighed on those same scales, +\v 84-86 When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve. eaders brought these gifts: +\li twelve. ilver plates and twelve. ilver bowls, weighing a total of about twenty-eight kilograms, each of them weighed on the scales kept in the sacred tent, +\li twelve. old dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about 1.4 kilograms, each weighed on those same scales, \s5 \li -\v 87-88 twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one year old male lambs to be sacrifices that were completely burned along with the flour offerings, -\li twelve goats to be sacrificed to take away the guilt of the people's sins, +\v 87-88 twelve. ulls, twelve. ams, and twelve. ne year old male lambs to be sacrifices that were completely burned along with the flour offerings, +\li twelve. oats to be sacrificed to take away the guilt of the people's sins, \li and twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty male lambs that were one year old, to be sacrifices to restore the people's fellowship with Yahweh. \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/14.usfm b/04-NUM/14.usfm index 0861bb6c..6756bb79 100644 --- a/04-NUM/14.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/14.usfm @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ \v 33 And like shepherds wander around in the desert as they take care of their sheep, your children will wander around in this desert for forty years. Because you adults were not loyal to me, your children will suffer until you all die in the desert. \s5 -\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you. -\v 35 This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group that has plotted against me. They will all die right here in this wilderness!' " +\v 34 You will suffer for your sins for forty years. That will be one year for each of the forty days that the twelve. en explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you. +\v 35 This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group that has plotted against me. They will all die right here in this wilderness!'" \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/15.usfm b/04-NUM/15.usfm index 2d386924..4a564eac 100644 --- a/04-NUM/15.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/15.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 If any foreigners visit you or live among you, if they also want to bring a sacrifice that will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar, they must obey these same instructions. \v 15 I consider that those who have always been Israelites and those who are foreigners are equal, and so they must all obey the same instructions. All of your descendants must also continue to obey these instructions of mine. -\v 16 You Israelites and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.' " +\v 16 You Israelites and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.'" \s5 \p @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 30 But those who disobey my commands deliberately, both Israelites and the foreigners who live among you, have sinned against me by doing that. So they must be expelled from your camp. -\v 31 They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by never being allowed to live among you again.' " +\v 31 They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by never being allowed to live among you again.'" \s5 diff --git a/04-NUM/17.usfm b/04-NUM/17.usfm index aa50a2d1..a634d990 100644 --- a/04-NUM/17.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/17.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, -\v 2 "Tell the Israelite people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader's name on his stick. +\v 2 "Tell the Israelite people to bring to you twelve. alking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader's name on his stick. \s5 \v 3 There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron's name on the stick for the tribe of Levi. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 The following morning, when he went into the tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe! -\v 9 Moses brought all the sticks out of the sacred tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick. +\v 9 Moses brought all the sticks out of the sacred tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve. eaders took back his own stick. \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/18.usfm b/04-NUM/18.usfm index 3ac92673..a4a2fcad 100644 --- a/04-NUM/18.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/18.usfm @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \p \v 30 Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi, 'When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain and wine. \v 31 You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat the rest of that food, and you may eat it wherever you want to, because it is your payment for the work that you do at the sacred tent. -\v 32 If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished by me for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred. If you sin by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you, you will be executed.' " +\v 32 If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished by me for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred. If you sin by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you, you will be executed.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/22.usfm b/04-NUM/22.usfm index c89c3bce..4b00a318 100644 --- a/04-NUM/22.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/22.usfm @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \v 9 During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, "Who are these men who are staying with you?" \p \v 10 Balaam replied, "Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this message, -\v 11 'A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.' " +\v 11 'A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.'" \s5 \p @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \v 15 But Balak sent another group of leaders to Balaam. It was a group that was larger and they were more important than the men in the first group. \v 16 They went to Balaam and told him this, \pi "This is what King Balak says, 'Please do not allow anything to hinder you from coming here. -\v 17 I will pay you a lot of money if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israelite people for me!' " +\v 17 I will pay you a lot of money if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israelite people for me!'" \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/28.usfm b/04-NUM/28.usfm index eae2bbe8..3f625aef 100644 --- a/04-NUM/28.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/28.usfm @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ \s5 \v 29 and with each of the lambs bring 1.9 liters. \v 30 Also sacrifice one male goat to make atonement for your sins. -\v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.' " +\v 31 Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and flour that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/33.usfm b/04-NUM/33.usfm index bc104c2f..0bfd0126 100644 --- a/04-NUM/33.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/33.usfm @@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ \pi \s5 -\v 8 Then they left Pi Hahiroth and walked through the sea of Reeds and continued three days into the Etham Desert, and set their tents at Marah. +\v 8 Then they left Pi Hahiroth and walked through the Sea of Reeds and continued three days into the Etham Desert, and set their tents at Marah. \pi \v 9 Then they left Marah and went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees there. They set up their tents there. \pi -\v 10 Then they left Elim and went to the area near the sea of Reeds and set up their tents there. +\v 10 Then they left Elim and went to the area near the Sea of Reeds and set up their tents there. \pi \s5 -\v 11 Then they left the sea of Reeds and went near the wilderness of Sin and set up their tents there. +\v 11 Then they left the Sea of Reeds and went near the wilderness of Sin and set up their tents there. \pi \v 12 Then they left the wilderness of Zin and went to Dophkah and set up their tents there. \pi @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ \s5 \v 55 If you do not force the people who live there to leave, they will cause you to have much trouble. They will be like sharp hooks in your eyes, and like thorns in your sides. And they will bring trouble to you, in that land where you will be living. -\v 56 And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.' " +\v 56 And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.'" diff --git a/04-NUM/34.usfm b/04-NUM/34.usfm index fc556afd..aa6a0a72 100644 --- a/04-NUM/34.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/34.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 10 The border on the east will start at Hazar Enan and extend south to Shepham. \v 11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake. \v 12 Then the border will extend south along the Jordan River and end at the Dead Sea. -\p Those will be the borders around your country.' " +\p Those will be the borders around your country.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/04-NUM/35.usfm b/04-NUM/35.usfm index 36458cbd..63e92452 100644 --- a/04-NUM/35.usfm +++ b/04-NUM/35.usfm @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 33 You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed. -\v 34 I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelites, so do not spoil the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.' " +\v 34 I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelites, so do not spoil the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.'" diff --git a/05-DEU/02.usfm b/05-DEU/02.usfm index e71d24a3..861eb67e 100644 --- a/05-DEU/02.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/02.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 2 \p -\v 1 "Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the sea of Reeds as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in Edom for many years. +\v 1 "Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the Sea of Reeds as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in Edom for many years. \p \v 2 Then Yahweh said to me, \v 3 'You have been wandering around this hill country for a long enough time. Now turn and travel toward the north. diff --git a/05-DEU/11.usfm b/05-DEU/11.usfm index 14068d96..5a395427 100644 --- a/05-DEU/11.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/11.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 3 Think about the various miracles that he performed in Egypt, things that showed how powerful he is. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to all the land that he ruled. \s5 -\v 4 Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the sea of Reeds to flood and sweep away their army as they were coming after your ancestors. Think about how they have suffered from that even until now. +\v 4 Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Sea of Reeds to flood and sweep away their army as they were coming after your ancestors. Think about how they have suffered from that even until now. \v 5 Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place. \s5 diff --git a/05-DEU/25.usfm b/05-DEU/25.usfm index 126398e7..a3a7423a 100644 --- a/05-DEU/25.usfm +++ b/05-DEU/25.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 When two men are fighting with each other, and the one man's wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals, +\v 11 When two men are fighting with each other, and the one man's wife comes up to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals, \v 12 do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/02.usfm b/06-JOS/02.usfm index 90c713d3..bfcfe165 100644 --- a/06-JOS/02.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/02.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \v 9 and said to them, "We know that Yahweh has given you this land. All our people are terrified of you—we are so afraid of you that we will not resist you at all. \s5 -\v 10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the sea of Reeds for you to cross when you left Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan River, and how you totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom. +\v 10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds for you to cross when you left Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan River, and how you totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom. \v 11 When we heard about those things, we were terrified. We no longer have courage to fight against you, for Yahweh is God, and he rules everything up in heaven and down here on earth. \s5 diff --git a/06-JOS/04.usfm b/06-JOS/04.usfm index 1eb650c7..fcda2b3a 100644 --- a/06-JOS/04.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/04.usfm @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ \c 4 \p \v 1 After the people of Israel all crossed over the Jordan River, Yahweh said to Joshua, -\v 2 "Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and tell them to pick up twelve large stones from the middle of the Jordan, where the priests are standing in the dry riverbed. +\v 2 "Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and tell them to pick up twelve. arge stones from the middle of the Jordan, where the priests are standing in the dry riverbed. \v 3 Carry those stones and put them down at the place you will stay tonight." \s5 \p -\v 4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. Joshua called them together +\v 4 So Joshua chose twelve. en, one from each tribe. Joshua called them together \v 5 and said to them, "Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to the place where the priests are standing and holding the sacred chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a large stone, one for each tribe, each one carrying a stone on his sholder—twelve stones for the twelve tribes of the people of Israel. \s5 @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 So the people of Israel did what Joshua commanded them to do. They went and picked up twelve large stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, one stone for each of the tribes of Israel, just as Yahweh had told Joshua, and they carried the stones to where they were staying, and they put the stones down there. -\v 9 Then Joshua took twelve other stones and stacked them up in the middle of the Jordan River, where the priests who carried the sacred chest of Yahweh were standing. And that monument is still there to this day. +\v 8 So the people of Israel did what Joshua commanded them to do. They went and picked up twelve. arge stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, one stone for each of the tribes of Israel, just as Yahweh had told Joshua, and they carried the stones to where they were staying, and they put the stones down there. +\v 9 Then Joshua took twelve. ther stones and stacked them up in the middle of the Jordan River, where the priests who carried the sacred chest of Yahweh were standing. And that monument is still there to this day. \s5 \p diff --git a/06-JOS/21.usfm b/06-JOS/21.usfm index 67de77d9..763c6b64 100644 --- a/06-JOS/21.usfm +++ b/06-JOS/21.usfm @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ \s5 \v 39 There were also the cities of Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands. \m -\v 40 In all the clans descended from Merari received twelve cities because the Israelite leaders had thrown lots for them. +\v 40 In all the clans descended from Merari received twelve. ities because the Israelite leaders had thrown lots for them. \s5 diff --git a/07-JDG/04.usfm b/07-JDG/04.usfm index def504d3..29f3633f 100644 --- a/07-JDG/04.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/04.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam and called him to come to her. He was from Kedesh (in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived). She said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God we worship, is commanding you to do: 'Take 10,000 men with you, some from Naphtali and some of Zebulun, and gather all your men together at Mount Tabor. -\v 7 Yahweh will make me able to persuade Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.' " +\v 7 Yahweh will make me able to persuade Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/07-JDG/20.usfm b/07-JDG/20.usfm index c8c62c58..f5a618d5 100644 --- a/07-JDG/20.usfm +++ b/07-JDG/20.usfm @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ \v 21 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 soldiers from Israel on that day. \s5 -\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel strengthened themselves. They formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. -\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they cried out to Yahweh for help, and they prayed until evening. And they sought counsel and advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!" +\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel encouraged themselves. Then they got ready to fight the next day in the same battle lines as on the first day. +\v 23 Then they came together and begged Yahweh for help; they prayed until evening. They asked advice from Yahweh about what they should do: "Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" Yahweh answered, "Attack them!" \s5 \v 24 The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just as they had done on the previous day. diff --git a/09-1SA/07.usfm b/09-1SA/07.usfm index b7eece4c..0706daef 100644 --- a/09-1SA/07.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/07.usfm @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistine army came near to attack the Israelites. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The men of the Philistine army became very frightened, and then they became confused. So the Israelites were able to defeat them. -\v 11 The Israelite men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistine soldiers almost to the town of Bethcar, and killed many Philistine soldiers while they were trying to run away. +\v 10 While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistine army came near to attack the Israelites. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The men of the Philistine army became very frightened, and then they panicked. So the Israelites were able to drive them back completely. +\v 11 The Israelite men ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistine soldiers almost to the town of Bethcar. They killed many Philistine soldiers who were trying to run away. \s5 \p diff --git a/09-1SA/14.usfm b/09-1SA/14.usfm index aad39d2a..319e0ee0 100644 --- a/09-1SA/14.usfm +++ b/09-1SA/14.usfm @@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 36 Then Saul said to the Israelite soldiers, "Let us pursue the Philistine soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive." +\v 36 Then Saul said to the Israelite soldiers, "Let us chase the Philistine soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive." \p The Israelite soldiers answered, "We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do." \p But the priest said, "We should ask Yahweh what he thinks we should do." -\v 37 So Saul asked God, "Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?" But God did not answer Saul that day. +\v 37 So Saul asked God, "Should we chase the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?" But God did not answer Saul that day. \s5 \p diff --git a/10-2SA/02.usfm b/10-2SA/02.usfm index 2994584c..cfcbbf74 100644 --- a/10-2SA/02.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/02.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \p \v 14 Abner said to Joab, "Let us tell some of our young men to fight each other!" Joab replied, "Very well!" \p -\v 15 So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David's soldiers. +\v 15 So twelve. en from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve. f David's soldiers. \s5 \v 16 Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man's side. The result was that all twenty-four of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called "Field of Swords." diff --git a/10-2SA/05.usfm b/10-2SA/05.usfm index 5fd77747..50aa9dac 100644 --- a/10-2SA/05.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/05.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 Then the leaders of all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him, "Listen, we have the same ancestors that you do. -\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our soldiers into battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, 'You will be the leader of my people. You will be their king.' " +\v 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our soldiers into battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, 'You will be the leader of my people. You will be their king.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/10-2SA/11.usfm b/10-2SA/11.usfm index 36b9c476..88e0ed2d 100644 --- a/10-2SA/11.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/11.usfm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \v 20 if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, 'Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall? \s5 -\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your officer Uriah also was killed.' " +\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your officer Uriah also was killed.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/10-2SA/12.usfm b/10-2SA/12.usfm index ea14d03c..cce9315a 100644 --- a/10-2SA/12.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/12.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 11 I solemnly declare to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring disaster to you. I will take your wives and give them to that person, and he will sleep with them in the daytime, where everyone can see it, and you will know all about it. -\v 12 What you did, you did secretly, but what I cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it or know about it.' " +\v 12 What you did, you did secretly, but what I cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it or know about it.'" \p \v 13 David replied, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh has overlooked your sin. You will not die because of this sin. diff --git a/10-2SA/14.usfm b/10-2SA/14.usfm index 5fceb3a8..91107a74 100644 --- a/10-2SA/14.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/14.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \v 31 Joab knew who had done it, so he went to Absalom's house and said to him, "Why have your servants burned the barley in my field?" \s5 -\v 32 Absalom replied, "Because you did not come to me when I sent messengers to you requesting that you come. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, 'Absalom wants to know what good it did for him to leave Geshur and come here. He thinks that it would have been better for him to stay there. He wants you to allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can command that he be executed.' " +\v 32 Absalom replied, "Because you did not come to me when I sent messengers to you requesting that you come. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, 'Absalom wants to know what good it did for him to leave Geshur and come here. He thinks that it would have been better for him to stay there. He wants you to allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can command that he be executed.'" \v 33 So Joab went to the king and told him what Absalom had said. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king and knelt down in front of him with his face touching the ground. Then the king kissed Absalom to show that he was pleased to see him. diff --git a/10-2SA/15.usfm b/10-2SA/15.usfm index ad5bd735..648bd4d2 100644 --- a/10-2SA/15.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/15.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \p \v 9 The king replied, "I will permit you to go safely." So Absalom went to Hebron. \p -\v 10 But while he was there, he secretly sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel to tell them, "When you hear the sound of the trumpets being blown, shout, 'Absalom has become the king at Hebron!' " +\v 10 But while he was there, he secretly sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel to tell them, "When you hear the sound of the trumpets being blown, shout, 'Absalom has become the king at Hebron!'" \s5 \v 11 Absalom had taken with him to Hebron two hundred men from Jerusalem, but they did not know what Absalom was planning to do. diff --git a/10-2SA/16.usfm b/10-2SA/16.usfm index 463b3dcb..ee308a81 100644 --- a/10-2SA/16.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/16.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \p \v 9 Then Abishai said to the king, "Your Majesty, this man is as worthless as a dead dog! Why should he be allowed to curse you? Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!" \p -\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?' " +\v 10 But the king replied, "You two sons of Zeruiah, I want nothing to do with you. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do so, then no one should ask him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'" \s5 \p diff --git a/10-2SA/19.usfm b/10-2SA/19.usfm index a98944bf..b079aec9 100644 --- a/10-2SA/19.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/19.usfm @@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ \v 7 So now go and thank your soldiers for what they did. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning. That would be worse for you than all the disasters that you have experienced since you were a boy." \p \v 8 So the king got up and went and sat at the city gate. And all the people were told, "The king is sitting at the gate!" So they all came and gathered around him. - +\p Meanwhile, all of Absalom's men had gone home. \s5 -\p Meanwhile, all of Absalom's men had gone home. \p \v 9 Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, "King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel! \v 10 We appointed Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle against David's soldiers. So why does someone not try to bring King David back?" diff --git a/10-2SA/24.usfm b/10-2SA/24.usfm index d6c69788..35f8381e 100644 --- a/10-2SA/24.usfm +++ b/10-2SA/24.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him, -\v 12 "Go and tell this to David, 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.' " +\v 12 "Go and tell this to David, 'I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/01.usfm b/11-1KI/01.usfm index 9921fd3a..88e24ab4 100644 --- a/11-1KI/01.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/01.usfm @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ \s5 \v 46 So Solomon is now our king. \v 47 Furthermore, the palace officials came to His Majesty, King David, to tell him that they approved of what he had done. They said, 'We wish that God will make Solomon even more famous than you have been and enable him to be an even better king than you have been.' When they said that, the king, lying on his bed, bowed his head to worship Yahweh. -\v 48 Then he said, 'I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today and has permitted me to see it happen.' " +\v 48 Then he said, 'I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today and has permitted me to see it happen.'" \s5 \p \v 49 Then all of Adonijah's guests trembled, so they all immediately got up and left and scattered. \v 50 Adonijah was afraid of what Solomon would do, so he went to the sacred tent and grabbed the projections at the corners of the altar, because he thought that no one would kill him there. -\v 51 But someone told Solomon, "See, Adonijah is afraid of you, so he has gone to the sacred tent and is holding on to the altar. He is saying, 'Before I leave, I want King Solomon to solemnly promise that he will not command that I be executed.' " +\v 51 But someone told Solomon, "See, Adonijah is afraid of you, so he has gone to the sacred tent and is holding on to the altar. He is saying, 'Before I leave, I want King Solomon to solemnly promise that he will not command that I be executed.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/03.usfm b/11-1KI/03.usfm index 06c81379..331bbf81 100644 --- a/11-1KI/03.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/03.usfm @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 Then the king said, "Both of you are saying, 'My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.' " +\v 23 Then the king said, "Both of you are saying, 'My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.'" \v 24 So he said to one of his servants, "Bring me a sword." So the servant brought a sword to the king. \v 25 Then the king said to the servant, "Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women." diff --git a/11-1KI/07.usfm b/11-1KI/07.usfm index 89b68c53..b507a84e 100644 --- a/11-1KI/07.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/07.usfm @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 8.3 meters tall and 5.5 meters around. -\v 16 He also made two bronze tops to be put on top of the pillars. Each top was 2.3 meters tall. +\v 16 He also made two gleaming bronze tops to be put on top of the pillars. Each top was 2.3 meters tall. \v 17 Then he made bronze networks of chains like wreaths to decorate the top of each pillar. There were seven of these networks at the top of each pillar. \s5 @@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ \s5 \v 44 the big tank, -\li1 the twelve statues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed, +\li1 the twelve. tatues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed, \li \v 45 the pots, shovels for the ashes of the altar, and bowls. \b -\p Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze. +\p Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of bronze that the workmen polished for it to gleam brightly. \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/11.usfm b/11-1KI/11.usfm index c7fe3ecf..78a5ba2c 100644 --- a/11-1KI/11.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/11.usfm @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \s5 \v 37 I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to. \v 38 If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you die, like I promised to do for David. -\v 39 Because of Solomon's sins, I will punish David's descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.' " +\v 39 Because of Solomon's sins, I will punish David's descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/12.usfm b/11-1KI/12.usfm index 94362e03..61f0b0c7 100644 --- a/11-1KI/12.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/12.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \p \v 22 But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him: \v 23 "Go and tell this to Solomon's son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and the people from the northern tribe who live in Judah: -\v 24 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.' " So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all listened what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home. +\v 24 'Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.'" So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all listened what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/13.usfm b/11-1KI/13.usfm index a7ad324c..dcfd7e46 100644 --- a/11-1KI/13.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/13.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p \v 1 One day a prophet, obeying what Yahweh commanded him to do, went from Judah north to Bethel. He arrived there right at the time that Jeroboam was standing at the altar, ready to burn incense. -\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.' " +\v 2 Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, "This is what Yahweh says about this altar, 'I want you to know that some day a descendant of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.'" \v 3 Then the prophet also said, "This is what will prove to you that Yahweh has said this: This altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be scattered." \s5 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \v 15 The old prophet said to him, "Come home with me and eat some food." \p \v 16 He replied, "No, I am not allowed to go with you into your house, or to eat or drink anything with you, -\v 17 because Yahweh told me, 'Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.' " +\v 17 because Yahweh told me, 'Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.'" \s5 \p @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \p \v 20 While they were sitting at the table, Yahweh spoke to the old man. \v 21 Then he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have disobeyed him, and you have not done what he commanded you to do. -\v 22 Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.' " +\v 22 Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/11-1KI/17.usfm b/11-1KI/17.usfm index 0018335d..694d7fa2 100644 --- a/11-1KI/17.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/17.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \v 13 But Elijah said to her, "Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son. \s5 -\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!' " +\v 14 I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says this, 'There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!'" \p \v 15 So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day, \v 16 because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen. diff --git a/11-1KI/18.usfm b/11-1KI/18.usfm index f7d9645f..eeeca0f2 100644 --- a/11-1KI/18.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/18.usfm @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 30 Then Elijah called to the people saying, "Come closer!" So they all crowded around him. Then Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh that had been ruined by the prophets of Baal. -\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve sons of Jacob. +\v 31 Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve. ons of Jacob. \v 32 With these stones he rebuilt Yahweh's altar. Then around the altar he dug a little ditch that was large enough to hold about fifteen liters of water. \s5 diff --git a/11-1KI/20.usfm b/11-1KI/20.usfm index f03fa497..725e51f4 100644 --- a/11-1KI/20.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/20.usfm @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ \p \v 1 Ben Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered all his army, and he brought thirty-two lesser kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to the city of Samaria, the capital of Israel, and surrounded it and prepared to attack it. \v 2 Ben Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, and they said this to him: "This is what King Ben Hadad says: -\v 3 'You must give to me all your silver and gold, your good-looking wives and strongest children.' " +\v 3 'You must give to me all your silver and gold, your good-looking wives and strongest children.'" \s5 \p -\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.' " +\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.'" \p \v 5 The messengers told that to Ben Hadad, and he sent them back with another message: "I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children. \v 6 But in addition to that, about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that they see is valuable." @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it.' " +\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it.'" \p \v 14 Ahab asked, "What group of our army will defeat them?" The prophet replied, "The young soldiers whom the district governors command will do it." The king asked, "Who should lead the attack?" The prophet replied, "You should!" \p @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.' " +\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.'" \s5 \p @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ \s5 \v 31 His officials went to him and said, "We have heard a report that the Israelites act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing course sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads to indicate that we will be his slaves. Perhaps if we do that, he will allow you to remain alive." \p -\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.' " Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!" +\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!" \s5 \p @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 41 The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets. -\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!' " +\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!'" \v 43 The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed. diff --git a/11-1KI/21.usfm b/11-1KI/21.usfm index 943f3201..ae110236 100644 --- a/11-1KI/21.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/21.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \v 18 "Go to Samaria and talk to Ahab, the king of Israel. He is in the vineyard of a man named Naboth. He has gone there to claim that he now owns it. \s5 -\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!' " +\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!'" \p \v 20 So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, "You, my enemy, have found me!" Elijah answered, "Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong. diff --git a/11-1KI/22.usfm b/11-1KI/22.usfm index 6dc613e4..270981f8 100644 --- a/11-1KI/22.usfm +++ b/11-1KI/22.usfm @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \p \v 10 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were both wearing their royal robes and sitting on thrones at a gate in the city wall of Samaria. Many prophets were speaking messages to them. -\v 11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says, 'With horns like these your army will keep attacking the Arameans as a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them!' " +\v 11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed to Ahab, "This is what Yahweh says, 'With horns like these your army will keep attacking the Arameans as a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them!'" \p \v 12 All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, "Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth in Gilead, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!" @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was being sarcastic, so he said to Micaiah, "I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!" \p -\v 17 So Micaiah said to him, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.' " +\v 17 So Micaiah said to him, "The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/12-2KI/01.usfm b/12-2KI/01.usfm index 7490d613..418b26b7 100644 --- a/12-2KI/01.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/01.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \p \v 5 So Elijah went to meet the messengers and told that to them, and they returned to the king instead of going to Ekron. The king asked them, "Why have you come back so quickly?" \p -\v 6 They replied, "A man came to meet us and said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, "'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you wish to ask Baalzebub whether you will recover'? Go tell the king that he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die." ' " +\v 6 They replied, "A man came to meet us and said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, "'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you wish to ask Baalzebub whether you will recover'? Go tell the king that he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die."'" \s5 \p @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \p \v 15 Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down and go with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah went with them to the king. \p -\v 16 When Elijah arrived, he said to the king, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you would recover. You acted as though there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!' " +\v 16 When Elijah arrived, he said to the king, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you would recover. You acted as though there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!'" \s5 \v 17 So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah's younger brother Joram became the new king, at the same time that Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah's brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son to become the king. diff --git a/12-2KI/02.usfm b/12-2KI/02.usfm index ed721752..f20ff835 100644 --- a/12-2KI/02.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/02.usfm @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Then Elisha went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'I have made this water good. No one will die anymore because of bad water, and the land will grow fruitful crops.' " +\v 21 Then Elisha went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'I have made this water good. No one will die anymore because of bad water, and the land will grow fruitful crops.'" \v 22 And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would. Since that time it has always remained pure. diff --git a/12-2KI/04.usfm b/12-2KI/04.usfm index 5146b434..c80336bf 100644 --- a/12-2KI/04.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/04.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman that I want to speak to her." So the servant went and told her. When she came to the doorway of Elisha's room, -\v 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we are both grateful for all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, 'Do you want me to go to the king or the army commander to request something for you?' " +\v 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her that we are both grateful for all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, 'Do you want me to go to the king or the army commander to request something for you?'" \p Gehazi gave her this message. She replied, "No, your master does not need to do that, because my family are able to give me what I need." \s5 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.' " +\v 28 Then she said to Elisha, "O sir, I did not request you to enable me to give birth to a son, but I did say, 'Do not lie to me.'" \p \v 29 Then Elisha realized that something must have happened to her son. So he said to Gehazi, "Get ready to leave immediately. Take my staff stick and go to her home. Do not stop to talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly to where her son is and lay the staff on the child's face. If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will cause him to live again." diff --git a/12-2KI/05.usfm b/12-2KI/05.usfm index d438478e..06e624f0 100644 --- a/12-2KI/05.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/05.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?' " +\v 13 But his servants came to him, and one of them said, "Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly have done it. So why do you refuse to do such a simple thing he asks, when he says, "Go down seven times in the water and be clean?'" \v 14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and went into the water seven times, as the prophet had instructed, and his skin became healthy, like the smooth skin of a young child. \s5 diff --git a/12-2KI/07.usfm b/12-2KI/07.usfm index 3a43eec5..0dc57548 100644 --- a/12-2KI/07.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/07.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 7 \p -\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says: 'He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver.' " +\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says: 'He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver.'" \p \v 2 The officer accompanying the king said to Elijah, "That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky and send grain down to us, that certainly could not happen!" Elisha replied, "Because you said that, you will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!" diff --git a/12-2KI/09.usfm b/12-2KI/09.usfm index 82ec5811..71065176 100644 --- a/12-2KI/09.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/09.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 I will get rid of Ahab's family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha. -\v 10 And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in the city of Jezreel.' " +\v 10 And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in the city of Jezreel.'" \p After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran. \s5 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ \s5 \v 35 But when they went to get her corpse to bury it, all that was left was only her skull and the bones of her feet and her hands. Everything else was gone. \v 36 When they reported this to Jehu, he said, "That is what Yahweh said would happen! He told his servant Elijah, 'In the city of Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel's corpse. -\v 37 Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to recognize them and say, "These are Jezebel's bones." ' " +\v 37 Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to recognize them and say, "These are Jezebel's bones."'" diff --git a/12-2KI/20.usfm b/12-2KI/20.usfm index 5868a23c..534665ce 100644 --- a/12-2KI/20.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/20.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 20 \p -\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.' " +\v 1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.'" \p \v 2 Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed this: \v 3 "Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully with all my inner being, and I have done things that pleased you." Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly. diff --git a/12-2KI/21.usfm b/12-2KI/21.usfm index 62702c91..56e01e45 100644 --- a/12-2KI/21.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/21.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 21 \p -\v 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah. +\v 1 Manasseh was twelve. ears old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah. \v 2 He did many things that Yahweh said were evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had driven out from the land of Israel as his people advanced through the land. \v 3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines for worshiping Yahweh that his father Hezekiah had destroyed because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him, in the temple. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made a statue of the goddess Asherah, as Ahab the king of Israel had done previously. And Manasseh worshiped the stars. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 I will judge and punish the people of Jerusalem as I punished the family of King Ahab of Israel. I will remove the people of Jerusalem as people wipe a plate clean and then turn it upside down to show that they are now satisfied. \v 14 And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land. -\v 15 I will do this because my people have done things that I say are very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since the time that their ancestors left Egypt.' " +\v 15 I will do this because my people have done things that I say are very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since the time that their ancestors left Egypt.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/12-2KI/22.usfm b/12-2KI/22.usfm index cb7c000f..15ffdbed 100644 --- a/12-2KI/22.usfm +++ b/12-2KI/22.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 19 Also, you have repented and humbled yourself when you heard what I threatened to do to punish this city and the people who live here, I have heard what you prayed. I said that I would cause this city to be abandoned. It will be a city whose name people will use when they curse someone. But because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. \s5 -\v 20 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to come to this place, but you will not be alive to see it.' " +\v 20 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to come to this place, but you will not be alive to see it.'" \p After the men heard that, they returned to King Josiah and gave him that message. diff --git a/13-1CH/17.usfm b/13-1CH/17.usfm index 000cc372..9a3f1ee4 100644 --- a/13-1CH/17.usfm +++ b/13-1CH/17.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son. -\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.' " +\v 14 I will cause him to rule over my people and his kingdom will endure forever.'" \p \v 15 So Nathan reported to David everything that Yahweh had revealed to him. diff --git a/14-2CH/04.usfm b/14-2CH/04.usfm index e278d288..a04ed331 100644 --- a/14-2CH/04.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/04.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 15 the very large tank, and the figures of twelve bulls underneath it, \li1 \v 16 the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things needed for the work at the altar. -\p All those things that Huram and his craftsmen made for King Solomon were of polished bronze. +\p All those things that Huram and his craftsmen made for King Solomon were of bronze that they polished for it to gleam brightly. \s5 \v 17 They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan River between the cities of Succoth and Zarethan. diff --git a/14-2CH/09.usfm b/14-2CH/09.usfm index b8f0ab7d..491ba865 100644 --- a/14-2CH/09.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/09.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his horses and chariots, and twelve thousand men who rodes horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots. +\v 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his horses and chariots, and twelve. housand men who rodes horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots. \v 26 Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the Euphrates River in the northeast, to the region of Philistia in the west, and to the border of Egypt in the south. \s5 diff --git a/14-2CH/12.usfm b/14-2CH/12.usfm index 880d874b..7865bb69 100644 --- a/14-2CH/12.usfm +++ b/14-2CH/12.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 2 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, with his army to attack Jerusalem. -\v 3 He brought with his army twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand soldiers who rode horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia. +\v 3 He brought with his army twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand soldiers who rode horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia. \v 4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem. \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/06.usfm b/15-EZR/06.usfm index c977df1a..12f61329 100644 --- a/15-EZR/06.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/06.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 Then the priests and the Levites and all the other Israelite people who had returned from Babylon joyfully dedicated the temple. -\v 17 During the ceremony to dedicate the temple, they sacrificed one hundred young bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering so that God would forgive the sins of the people of the twelve tribes of Israel. +\v 17 During the ceremony to dedicate the temple, they sacrificed one hundred young bulls, one hundred rams, and four hundred lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering so that God would forgive the sins of the people of the twelve. ribes of Israel. \v 18 Then the Jewish leaders divided the priests and Levites into groups that would take turns to serve at the temple. They did this according to what Moses had written many years previously in the laws that he wrote. \s5 diff --git a/15-EZR/08.usfm b/15-EZR/08.usfm index 24ad9fb9..82cfe31f 100644 --- a/15-EZR/08.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/08.usfm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.' \s5 \p \v 35 We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israelite people. We also offered ninety-six rams and seventy-seven lambs. -We also sacrificed twelve goats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar. +We also sacrificed twelve. oats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar. \v 36 Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the letter, they did all that they were able to do for us Israelite people and for the temple of God." diff --git a/15-EZR/10.usfm b/15-EZR/10.usfm index ef3a89f0..ffce0ba8 100644 --- a/15-EZR/10.usfm +++ b/15-EZR/10.usfm @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ down to investigate the matter. \v 17 By the first day of the first month of the next year they had finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelites. \s5 -\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israelite women, and the clans to which they belonged. +\v 18 This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Jewish women, and the clans to which they belonged. In the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. \v 19 They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering to atone for their sins. @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ In the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were M \v 22 In the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. \s5 -\v 23 The descendants of Levi who had married non-Israelite women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. +\v 23 The descendants of Levi who had married non-Jewish women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. \v 24 There was Eliashib the musician. Among the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri. \v 25 This is a list of the names of the other Israelites who had married foreign wives: diff --git a/19-PSA/068.usfm b/19-PSA/068.usfm index e349bd0e..ad8526c1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/068.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/068.usfm @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ \v 12-13 They proclaimed, "Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!" \q2 When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured, \q1 the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families. -\q2 They got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver +\q2 They got statues of pigeons whose wings were covered with silver \q2 and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold. But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the battle. Why did you not go? diff --git a/19-PSA/078.usfm b/19-PSA/078.usfm index feaf6d4f..059e39c1 100644 --- a/19-PSA/078.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/078.usfm @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ \v 12 While our ancestors were watching, \q1 God performed miracles in the area around the city of Zoan in Egypt. \q1 -\v 13 Then he caused the sea of Reeds to divide, +\v 13 Then he caused the Sea of Reeds to divide, \q2 causing the water on each side to pile up like a wall, \q2 with the result that our ancestors walked through it on dry ground. \q1 diff --git a/19-PSA/106.usfm b/19-PSA/106.usfm index 6da51a7d..b43012ad 100644 --- a/19-PSA/106.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/106.usfm @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \v 8 But he rescued them for the sake of his own reputation \q2 so that he could show that he is very powerful. \q1 -\v 9 He rebuked the sea of Reeds and it became dry, +\v 9 He rebuked the Sea of Reeds and it became dry, \q2 and then while he led our ancestors, \q2 they walked through it as though it were as dry as a desert. diff --git a/19-PSA/114.usfm b/19-PSA/114.usfm index a53c8c29..0f832068 100644 --- a/19-PSA/114.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/114.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 5 If someone asks, "What happened at the sea of Reeds that caused the water to run away? +\v 5 If someone asks, "What happened at the Sea of Reeds that caused the water to run away? \q1 What happened that caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing? \q1 \v 6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats diff --git a/19-PSA/136.usfm b/19-PSA/136.usfm index 58bf98f9..7747c94c 100644 --- a/19-PSA/136.usfm +++ b/19-PSA/136.usfm @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 13 He is the one who caused the sea of Reeds to divide; +\v 13 He is the one who caused the Sea of Reeds to divide; \q2 he will love us forever as he has promised. \q1 \v 14 He enabled the Israelite people to walk through it on dry land; diff --git a/22-SNG/02.usfm b/22-SNG/02.usfm index d9f83557..f098cb05 100644 --- a/22-SNG/02.usfm +++ b/22-SNG/02.usfm @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \q1 \v 12 The flowers are blooming throughout the country. \q2 It is now time to sing; -\q1 we hear the doves cooing. +\q1 we hear the pigeons cooing. \q1 \v 13 There are young figs on the fig trees, \q2 and there are blossoms on the grapevines diff --git a/23-ISA/29.usfm b/23-ISA/29.usfm index 3210e4ef..d0645476 100644 --- a/23-ISA/29.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/29.usfm @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 So the Lord says, "These people say that they belong to me. -\q1 They honor me by what they say, +\v 13 So the Lord says, "These people pretend to worship me. +\q1 They say good things to pretend to honor me, \q2 but they do not think about what I desire. \q1 When they worship me, \q2 all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized. diff --git a/23-ISA/55.usfm b/23-ISA/55.usfm index 85b4495d..8ee680a0 100644 --- a/23-ISA/55.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/55.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \q2 you can come and buy wine and milk from me, the finest wine and the best milk! \q1 You can get what you need from me, \q2 and you can buy it now! -\q1 You can buy it even though you don't have any money, +\q1 You can buy it even though you do not have any money, \q2 and even though you could never afford it! \s5 diff --git a/23-ISA/58.usfm b/23-ISA/58.usfm index 5cb2b41f..1cb24363 100644 --- a/23-ISA/58.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/58.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \q1 They act as though they were a nation that does things that are righteous, \q2 that would never abandon the commands of me, their God. \q1 They request me to decide matters justly, -\q2 and they delight in coming to worship me. +\q2 and they are eager that I should come to them. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/23-ISA/60.usfm b/23-ISA/60.usfm index f59cfcd6..04ff271f 100644 --- a/23-ISA/60.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/60.usfm @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \q1 \v 8 And what are those things that are \q2 moving swiftly like clouds? -\q1 They resemble doves returning to their nests. +\q1 They resemble pigeons returning to their nests. \q1 \v 9 But they are really ships from Tarshish that are bringing your people back here. \q2 When your people come, they will bring with them all the valuable possessions that they have acquired, diff --git a/24-JER/03.usfm b/24-JER/03.usfm index 2146de8a..0e469b62 100644 --- a/24-JER/03.usfm +++ b/24-JER/03.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \v 4 Now each of you says to me, \pi2 'You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young! \v 5 So surely you will not be angry with me forever!' -\pi But you will not quit sinning!' " +\pi But you will not quit sinning!'" \m \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/08.usfm b/24-JER/08.usfm index 6436eac7..b3592a57 100644 --- a/24-JER/08.usfm +++ b/24-JER/08.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \q So, they will be killed, and their corpses also will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered by their enemies. They will be killed when I punish them. \q \v 13 I will allow their enemies to take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. -\q They will not receive all the blessings that I prepared for them. This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.' " +\q They will not receive all the blessings that I prepared for them. This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'" \s5 diff --git a/24-JER/13.usfm b/24-JER/13.usfm index 56e88b23..5dd3e92d 100644 --- a/24-JER/13.usfm +++ b/24-JER/13.usfm @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \p \v 12 So, tell this to them: 'Yahweh, the God whom you Israelite people worship, says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.' And when you tell that to them, they will reply, 'Of course we know that all wineskins should be filled with wine!' \v 13 And then you must tell them, 'No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. That will include all of you—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.' -\v 14 He is saying, 'I will cause a drunken brawl among you. Even parents will brawl with their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.' " +\v 14 He is saying, 'I will cause a drunken brawl among you. Even parents will brawl with their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.'" \s5 \q1 diff --git a/24-JER/14.usfm b/24-JER/14.usfm index 114c59ed..5fc5cc22 100644 --- a/24-JER/14.usfm +++ b/24-JER/14.usfm @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \q1 If I walk along the streets of the city, \q2 I see corpses of people who died from hunger. \q1 The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, -\q2 but they do not know what they are doing .' " +\q2 but they do not know what they are doing .'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/15.usfm b/24-JER/15.usfm index 9f0e38bc..c3f67833 100644 --- a/24-JER/15.usfm +++ b/24-JER/15.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \q1 because most of her children will be dead, \q2 and she will be disgraced and humiliated. \q1 And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. -\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.' " +\q2 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/16.usfm b/24-JER/16.usfm index c186fa62..67294263 100644 --- a/24-JER/16.usfm +++ b/24-JER/16.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \q1 they worshiped idols that are completely worthless . \q1 \v 20 No one can make their own gods; -\q2 the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.' " +\q2 the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.'" \b \q1 \v 21 Then Yahweh said, "Now I will show my power to the people of Judah; diff --git a/24-JER/17.usfm b/24-JER/17.usfm index 680d0a2f..9e18238e 100644 --- a/24-JER/17.usfm +++ b/24-JER/17.usfm @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ \s5 \v 26 And people will come to Jerusalem bringing offerings to be completely burned on the altar and other offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank me. People will bring these offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land where the tribe of Benjamin lives and from the western foothills and from the southern Judean wilderness. -\v 27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire." ' " +\v 27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire."'" diff --git a/24-JER/25.usfm b/24-JER/25.usfm index a1aae870..060f8d85 100644 --- a/24-JER/25.usfm +++ b/24-JER/25.usfm @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ \q1 \v 38 Yahweh will leave his dwelling like a lion leaves its den to attack other animals, \q2 and he will cause your land to become desolate. -\q1 He is very angry with you and will cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.' " +\q1 He is very angry with you and will cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.'" diff --git a/24-JER/26.usfm b/24-JER/26.usfm index d4435019..42e5a834 100644 --- a/24-JER/26.usfm +++ b/24-JER/26.usfm @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \s5 \v 4-5 Say to them, 'This is what Yahweh says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say, -\v 6 I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the sacred tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.' " +\v 6 I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the sacred tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/36.usfm b/24-JER/36.usfm index 7e32433a..74b7ca50 100644 --- a/24-JER/36.usfm +++ b/24-JER/36.usfm @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 Now this is what I, Yahweh, say about you, Jehoiakim: None of your descendants will rule this kingdom. Your corpse will be thrown out on the ground and not buried; it will be under the hot sun during the days and struck by frost during the nights. -\v 31 I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the other towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention to what I said!" ' " +\v 31 I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the other towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention to what I said!"'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/37.usfm b/24-JER/37.usfm index a68a575d..5c28886c 100644 --- a/24-JER/37.usfm +++ b/24-JER/37.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 So, this is what Jeremiah said to you Israelites: 'You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true. -\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.' " +\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/38.usfm b/24-JER/38.usfm index e434cd4b..f89640d2 100644 --- a/24-JER/38.usfm +++ b/24-JER/38.usfm @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 So then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: 'If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will be spared, and this city will not be burned. -\v 18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.' " +\v 18 But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/24-JER/48.usfm b/24-JER/48.usfm index 0496ccf1..6cc416d1 100644 --- a/24-JER/48.usfm +++ b/24-JER/48.usfm @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ \q1 \v 28 You people who live in Moab, \q2 you should abandon your towns and go and live in caves. -\q1 Be like doves that make their nests in the entrances of caves." +\q1 Be like pigeons that make their nests in the entrances of caves." \b \q1 \v 29 We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud; diff --git a/26-EZK/07.usfm b/26-EZK/07.usfm index b8c88d30..6f2e6a04 100644 --- a/26-EZK/07.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/07.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 14 Your commanders will blow trumpets to get the army ready to fight, but no one will respond, because I will be angry at all the people. \p \v 15 When those things happen, your enemies' will be outside the city with their swords, and there will be plagues and famines inside the city. Those who are caught outside of the city in the fields will be killed by their enemies' swords, and those who are in the city will die from famines and plagues. -\v 16 Those who survive and escape will flee to the mountains, and they all will moan because of their sins, as doves moan. +\v 16 Those who survive and escape will flee to the mountains, and they all will moan because of their sins, as pigeons moan. \s5 \v 17 Because they will be very afraid, all the people's hands will become limp and weak, and their knees will become very weak and unable to hold them up. \v 18 They will put on clothes made from rough cloth, and they will be terrified. Their faces will show that they are ashamed, and they will shave their heads to show that they are very sad. diff --git a/26-EZK/17.usfm b/26-EZK/17.usfm index cac6bc47..df1f32e2 100644 --- a/26-EZK/17.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/17.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 Then after you have told that to the people, say to them, 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says: That vine will certainly not remain healthy. It will be pulled up by its roots by the eagle that planted it, and all its fruit will be stripped off and its leaves will wither. And it will not need someone with strong arms or many people to pull it out by its roots. -\v 10 Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted!' " +\v 10 Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted!'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/21.usfm b/26-EZK/21.usfm index afc6a7e0..ffa9d730 100644 --- a/26-EZK/21.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/21.usfm @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ \q1 \v 17 Then I will clap my hands triumphantly; \q2 and then I will no longer be angry. -\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.' " +\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/22.usfm b/26-EZK/22.usfm index 932733ea..5ac56250 100644 --- a/26-EZK/22.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/22.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 13 So I will shake my fist at your unfair profits and at the murderers who live among you. \v 14 When I finish punishing you, you will no longer be courageous. I, Yahweh, have said what I will do to you, and I will do it. \v 15 I will scatter you among many people groups, and I will make you stop your sinful behavior. -\v 16 When the people of other nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' " +\v 16 When the people of other nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/24.usfm b/26-EZK/24.usfm index c9901642..2c38ea3c 100644 --- a/26-EZK/24.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/24.usfm @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 When that happens, you will do as I have done: you will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat. \v 23 You will keep your turbans wrapped around your heads and keep your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die because of your sins. And you will groan for each other. -\v 24 Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord have the power to do what I say that I will do.' " +\v 24 Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord have the power to do what I say that I will do.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/29.usfm b/26-EZK/29.usfm index 1cb9bce7..6e566782 100644 --- a/26-EZK/29.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/29.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 15 It will be the least important of all the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, and they will never again rule over other nations. -\v 16 When that happens, the leaders of Israel will no longer think of asking Egypt to help them. When I punish Egypt, the Israelites will be reminded that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that Yahweh the Lord has the power to do what he says he will do.' " +\v 16 When that happens, the leaders of Israel will no longer think of asking Egypt to help them. When I punish Egypt, the Israelites will be reminded that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that Yahweh the Lord has the power to do what he says he will do.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/33.usfm b/26-EZK/33.usfm index ec2aeec7..27729e89 100644 --- a/26-EZK/33.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/33.usfm @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Son of man, say to the Israelite people, 'This is what you all are saying: "The guilt that we feel for disobeying God's laws and sinning is like a heavy weight on us, and they are hurting us, and we are slowly dying. So what can we do to continue to remain alive?" ' -\v 11 Say to them, 'Yahweh the Lord says, "As surely as I am alive, I am not happy when wicked people die; I would prefer that they turn away from their wicked behavior and continue to live. So repent! Turn away from your evil behavior! You Israelite people, do you really want to die?" ' +\v 10 Son of man, say to the Israelite people, 'This is what you all are saying: "The guilt that we feel for disobeying God's laws and sinning is like a heavy weight on us, and they are hurting us, and we are slowly dying. So what can we do to continue to remain alive?"' +\v 11 Say to them, 'Yahweh the Lord says, "As surely as I am alive, I am not happy when wicked people die; I would prefer that they turn away from their wicked behavior and continue to live. So repent! Turn away from your evil behavior! You Israelite people, do you really want to die?"' \s5 \p @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 21 Almost twelve years after the Babylonians had taken us Israelites to their land, on the fifth day of the tenth month of that year, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me in Babylon and said, "Jerusalem has been captured!" +\v 21 Almost twelve. ears after the Babylonians had taken us Israelites to their land, on the fifth day of the tenth month of that year, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me in Babylon and said, "Jerusalem has been captured!" \v 22 The evening before that man arrived, Yahweh took control of me. So when that man arrived, Yahweh enabled me to speak again; I was no longer forced to be silent. \s5 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 So send a message to them. Say, 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says: "You eat meat that still has the animal's blood in it. You still worship idols. And you still murder others. So should this land belong to you? -\v 26 You rely on using your swords to obtain things that you want. You do many detestable things. Each of you sleeps with other men's wives. So should you really possess the land of Israel?" ' +\v 26 You rely on using your swords to obtain things that you want. You do many detestable things. Each of you sleeps with other men's wives. So should you really possess the land of Israel?"' \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/37.usfm b/26-EZK/37.usfm index 91cbf853..7e0e1dfa 100644 --- a/26-EZK/37.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/37.usfm @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 Then when that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahwehhave done this. -\v 14 I will put my spirit in you, and it will be as though you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said that it would happen and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.' " +\v 14 I will put my spirit in you, and it will be as though you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said that it would happen and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.'" \s5 \p diff --git a/26-EZK/38.usfm b/26-EZK/38.usfm index 63fc6a32..7abc005c 100644 --- a/26-EZK/38.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/38.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \v 12 So it will be easy for us to attack these people. They are people who come back together from many countries where they had lived for many years, people who now live safely in their land with all their livestock and other possessions. They are living in the country that is in the middle of the most important countries in the world. Our soldiers will take away all their valuable possessions." \s5 -\v 13 Then people of Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will come and say to you, "Are you gathering all your soldiers in order to attack Israel and take away all their silver and gold? Do you plan to take away their livestock and all their other valuable possessions?" ' +\v 13 Then people of Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will come and say to you, "Are you gathering all your soldiers in order to attack Israel and take away all their silver and gold? Do you plan to take away their livestock and all their other valuable possessions?"' \s5 \p @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 21 Gog, on all the mountains in the country that belongs to me I will cause your soldiers to fight against each other. \v 22 I will punish you and your soldiers with plagues, and I will kill them. I will send down from the sky, on you and your troops who have come from many lands, huge amounts of rain, hail, and burning sulfur. -\v 23 In this way, I will cause the people of many nations to know that I am very great, and I will show them my holiness. And they will see who I am and they will know that I am Yahweh.' " +\v 23 In this way, I will cause the people of many nations to know that I am very great, and I will show them my holiness. And they will see who I am and they will know that I am Yahweh.'" diff --git a/26-EZK/45.usfm b/26-EZK/45.usfm index d11b69c8..05c68633 100644 --- a/26-EZK/45.usfm +++ b/26-EZK/45.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 45 \p -\v 1 When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must present to Yahweh one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be about 13.5 kilometers long and about 5.4 kilometers wide. This entire area will be reserved for Yahweh. +\v 1 When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must present to Yahweh one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be about 13.5 kilometers long and about 5.4 kilometers wide. This entire area will be reserved for Yahweh. \v 2 Part of that area, a square about 270 meters long on each side will be left empty all around the temple area. An additional strip of ground, about twenty-seven meters wide, will be left empty all around the temple area. \s5 diff --git a/27-DAN/10.usfm b/27-DAN/10.usfm index 06047fa9..5a9418ac 100644 --- a/27-DAN/10.usfm +++ b/27-DAN/10.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \p \v 4 When those three weeks ended, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, my companions and I were standing on the bank of the Tigris River. \v 5 I looked up and saw someone there who was wearing fine white clothes and a belt made of pure gold. -\v 6 His body shone like a precious beryl stone. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning. His eyes were like flaming torches. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze. His voice was very loud like the roar of a huge crowd. +\v 6 His body shone like a precious beryl stone. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning. His eyes were like flaming torches. His arms and legs shone like gleaming bronze. His voice was very loud like the roar of a huge crowd. \s5 \p diff --git a/28-HOS/11.usfm b/28-HOS/11.usfm index ca8e17e1..202b849d 100644 --- a/28-HOS/11.usfm +++ b/28-HOS/11.usfm @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ \q1 \v 11 They will come fluttering into the land \q2 like a flock of birds coming up from Egypt. -\q2 And some will be like doves that fly in from Assyria. +\q2 And some will be like pigeons that fly in from Assyria. \q1 I will let them live in their own homes once more, in the land of Israel. \q2 I, Yahweh, have promised this." diff --git a/32-JON/01.usfm b/32-JON/01.usfm index bf24697b..3d8cac10 100644 --- a/32-JON/01.usfm +++ b/32-JON/01.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \p \v 8 So various ones of them asked him, "Who is the one who has caused us all this trouble?" "What work do you do?" "Where are you coming from?" "What country and what people do you belong to?" \v 9 Jonah replied, "I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who lives in heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. -\v 10 I am trying to get away from Yahweh." After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they said to him, "Do you realize what trouble you have caused?" +\v 10 I am running away from Yahweh, he is the one who called me to be a prophet." After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they said to him, "Do you realize what trouble you have caused?" \s5 \p \v 11 The storm kept getting worse and the waves kept getting bigger. So one of the sailors asked Jonah, "What should we do with you in order to make the sea become calm for us?" diff --git a/36-ZEP/03.usfm b/36-ZEP/03.usfm index cbd66c34..12aa260f 100644 --- a/36-ZEP/03.usfm +++ b/36-ZEP/03.usfm @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ \c 3 \q1 \v 1 Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, -\q2 that city whose people have rebelled against Yahweh +\q2 the city whose people have rebelled against Yahweh \q1 and who have become unacceptable to him because of the sins that they have committed. \q2 They act violently toward others and they oppress other people. \q1 \v 2 The people there pay no attention to the prophets whom Yahweh has sent to tell them the wrong things that they are doing \q2 and try to correct them. -\q1 The people in Jerusalem do not trust in their God or draw near to him. +\q1 The people in Jerusalem do not trust in their God or worship him. \s5 \q1 diff --git a/41-MAT/01.usfm b/41-MAT/01.usfm index d11cf378..5d96d423 100644 --- a/41-MAT/01.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/01.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. -\v 5 Salmon and his wife Rahab, a non-Israelite woman, were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed's mother was Ruth, another non-Israelite woman. Obed was the father of Jesse. +\v 5 Salmon and his wife Rahab, a non-Jewish woman, were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed's mother was Ruth, another non-Jewish woman. Obed was the father of Jesse. \v 6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. Solomon's mother was previously married to Uriah. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/03.usfm b/41-MAT/03.usfm index 4fb937eb..660f49da 100644 --- a/41-MAT/03.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/03.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \p \v 1 While Jesus was still in the town of Nazareth, John, whom the people called the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in the province of Judea. He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying, -\v 2 "You must stop sinning, because God will soon show that he is king, and he will reject you if you do not stop sinning." +\v 2 "You must stop sinning, because God's rule from heaven is near, and he will reject you if you do not stop sinning." \v 3 When John began preaching, then came true what Isaiah the prophet had said long ago. He said, \pi "In the wilderness people hear someone shouting to anyone who comes, \pi 'Get ready to receive the Lord when he comes! diff --git a/41-MAT/04.usfm b/41-MAT/04.usfm index 76a10b71..ed74c4ce 100644 --- a/41-MAT/04.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/04.usfm @@ -1,27 +1,26 @@ - \s5 \c 4 \p \v 1 Then God's Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness for the devil to tempt him. \v 2 After he had not eaten food day and night for forty days, he was hungry. \v 3 Satan, the tempter, came to him and said, "If you are really the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread for yourself!" -\v 4 But Jesus said to him, "No! I will not do this, because God has said in the Scriptures, 'For people to truly live, they must have more than food; they must listen to every word that God has spoken.'" +\v 4 But Jesus said to him, "No! I will not do this, because God has said in the scriptures, 'For people to truly live, they must have more than food; they must listen to every word that God has spoken.'" \s5 \v 5 Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the city that was especially for God. He set him on the highest part of the temple -\v 6 and said to him, "If you are truly the Son of God, jump down to the ground. You will, of course, not be hurt, because God has said in the Scriptures, +\v 6 and said to him, "If you are truly the Son of God, jump down to the ground. You will, of course, not be hurt, because God has said in the scriptures, \q 'God will command his angels to protect you. \q They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, \q and they will keep you from even hitting your foot on a stone.'" \s5 -\v 7 But Jesus said, "No! I will not jump down, because God has also said in the Scriptures, 'Do not try to make your God prove who he is.'" +\v 7 But Jesus said, "No! I will not jump down, because God has also said in the scriptures, 'Do not try to make your God prove who he is.'" \v 8 Then the devil took him on top of a very high mountain. There he showed him all the nations in the world and the magnificent things in those nations. \v 9 Then he said to him, "I will let you rule all these nations and give you the magnificent things in them if you bow down and worship me." \s5 -\v 10 But Jesus said to him, "No, I will not worship you, Satan, so go away! God has said in the Scriptures, 'It is to the Lord your God whom you must bow down, and you must worship only him!'" +\v 10 But Jesus said to him, "No, I will not worship you, Satan, so go away! God has said in the scriptures, 'It is to the Lord your God whom you must bow down, and you must worship only him!'" \v 11 Then the devil went away, and at that moment, angels came to Jesus and took care of him. \s5 @@ -44,14 +43,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 At that time, while Jesus was in the city of Capernaum, he began to preach to the people, "God will very soon show himself as king, and he will judge you when he rules. So stop sinning! " +\v 17 At that time, while Jesus was in the city of Capernaum, he began to preach to the people, "The rule of God from heaven is near, and he will judge you when he rules. So stop sinning!" \s5 \p -\v 18 One day while Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the water because they earned money by catching and selling fish. -\v 19 Jesus said to them, "Come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples. It will be just like you have been fishing." +\v 18 One day while Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the water because they caught and sold fish. +\v 19 Jesus said to them, "Come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples. I will make your work fishing for people." \v 20 They immediately left the work that they were doing and went with him. \s5 @@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 Jesus led those four men throughout all of the district of Galilee. He was teaching the people in the synagogues. He was preaching the good news about how God will show himself as king. He was also healing all the people who were sick. +\v 23 Jesus led those four men throughout all of the district of Galilee. He was teaching the people in the synagogues. He was preaching the good news about how God is ruling. He was also healing all the people who were sick. \v 24 When people who lived in other parts of the district of Syria heard what he was doing, they brought to him people who suffered from illnesses, people who suffered from many kinds of diseases, people who suffered from severe pains, people who were controlled by demons, people who were epileptics, and people who were paralyzed. And Jesus healed them. \v 25 Then large crowds started to go with him. They were people from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from the city of Jerusalem, from other parts of the province of Judea, and from areas east of the Jordan River. diff --git a/41-MAT/05.usfm b/41-MAT/05.usfm index 428f8c9b..e3b0736e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/05.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/05.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \v 2 Then he began to teach them by saying, \q \v 3 "God is pleased with people who admit that they need him; -\q he will agree to rule over them. +\q he will agree to rule over them from heaven. \q \v 4 God is pleased with people who mourn because of this sinful world; \q he will encourage them. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \q he will regard them as his own children. \q \v 10 God is pleased with people to whom evil things happen because they lived righteously; -\q he will agree to rule over them. +\q he will agree to rule over them from heaven. \s5 \q @@ -56,19 +56,13 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 "You should not suppose that I have come to you in order to do away with the laws that God gave Moses or what the prophets wrote. Instead, I came to cause to happen what those things said would happen. -\v 18 Keep this in mind: everything in those laws, including the things that seem least important, and the smallest details in those laws—everything will surely be true until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all that God told their authors to write happens. - -\s5 -\v 19 Because that is true, if you break even a little part of those commands, and if you teach others to break them, you will be the least important when God shows himself as king. However, if you keep all those commands and teach others to do the same thing, you will become very important at that time. - -\v 20 Because of this, I tell you that you must obey those laws better than the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. If you do not, God will not agree to rule over you. - - - +\v 18 This is a true saying: God may remove the heaven and the earth, but God will not remove anything from those laws, not even the smallest details or a tiny dot used to end a sentence, until God makes everything he put in the law happen, just as he said it would. +\v 19 Because that is true, if you break the commands that are the least important, you will be the least important person under God's rule from heaven. But if you keep all those commands and teach others to obey God as you are obeying him, you will become very important in God's rule from heaven. +\v 20 I tell you that you must obey those laws better than the teachers of the law, and you must do what is right from your heart. And you must do better than the Pharisees or you will never come under the rule of God from heaven. \s5 \p -\v 21 "Others have told you what God said to our ancestors, 'You must not kill anyone,' and, 'If you kill anyone, the members of a governing council might sentence you to die.' +\v 21 "Others have told you what God said to our ancestors, 'You must not kill anyone,' and, 'If you kill anyone, the members of a governing council might sentence you.' \v 22 But I tell you that if you are angry with anyone, God himself will judge you. If you say to someone, 'You are worthless,' a governing council will judge you. If you say to someone, 'You are a fool,' God will throw you into the fire in hell. @@ -77,7 +71,7 @@ \v 24 leave your gift by the altar, and first go to the person you have offended. Tell that person that you are sorry for what you have done, and ask that person to forgive you. Then go back and offer your gift to God. \s5 -\v 25 If a fellow citizen takes you to court in order to accuse you of doing something wrong, come to an agreement quickly with that person, while you are still walking with that person to court. Do that while there still is time so that he will not take you to the judge, because if the judge might say you are guilty and hand you over to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison. +\v 25 If a fellow citizen takes you to court in order to accuse you of doing something wrong, come to an agreement quickly with that person, while you are still walking with that person to court. Do that while there still is time so that he will not take you to the judge, because the judge might say you are guilty and hand you over to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison. \v 26 Keep this in mind: if you go to prison, you will never get out because you will never be able to pay all that the judge says that you owe. So remember also to be at peace with your brothers." @@ -96,16 +90,16 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 "God has said in the Scriptures, 'If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document on which he states that he is divorcing her.' +\v 31 "God has said in the scriptures, 'If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document on which he states that he is divorcing her.' \v 32 But now listen to what I say to you: a man may divorce his wife only if she has committed adultery. If a man divorces his wife for any other reason, she commits adultery if she marries someone else. And the man who marries her also commits adultery." \s5 \p -\v 33 "You have also heard your religious teachers say that God said to our ancestors, 'You should never swear an oath by making up a lie! Instead, you should make your promises as you would if the Lord himself were standing before you.' -\v 34 But now I will say to you something even more important: Never make a oath and then seek someone greater than yourself to guarantee what you promised. This is more difficult: Do not swear an oath for any reason! Do not swear by the place where God lives in heaven. That is where his great seat of power is and from where he rules over all things. -\v 35 And do not swear any oath on the promise that the earth would make your promise true. Do not do this, because the earth is where God rests his feet. Never swear an oath by the city of Jerusalem, because Jerusalem is the city that belongs to God, our great King. +\v 33 "You have also heard that long ago people were told, 'You should never swear an oath by making up a lie! Instead, you should make your promises as you would if the Lord himself were standing before you.' +\v 34 But now I will say to you something more: Do not swear an oath for any reason! Do not ask the place where God lives in heaven to guarantee what you promised. That is where his great seat of power is and from where he rules over all things. +\v 35 And do not swear any oath on the promise that the earth would witness it. Do not do this, because the earth is where God rests his feet. Never swear an oath by the city of Jerusalem, because Jerusalem is the city that belongs to God, our great King. \s5 \p @@ -116,7 +110,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 38 "You have heard that God said to our ancestors, 'If someone harms one of your eyes, then they should harm one of that person's eyes. And if someone harms one of your teeth, then they should harm one of that person's teeth.' +\v 38 "You have heard that our ancestors were told, 'If someone harms one of your eyes, then they should harm one of that person's eyes. And if someone harms one of your teeth, then they should harm one of that person's teeth.' \v 39 But now listen to what I say to you: far from taking revenge on someone who harms you, do not even try to stop him. Instead, if someone insults you by striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person so he can strike it also. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/06.usfm b/41-MAT/06.usfm index cad502d1..8a51e05f 100644 --- a/41-MAT/06.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/06.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ \p -\v 1 "When you do good deeds, make certain that you do not do them when other people are watching. Do not let them see you and think highly of you. If you do good deeds merely in order that other people may think highly of you, God, your Father who is in heaven, will not give you any reward. -\v 2 So whenever you give something to the poor, do not make other people notice it, as they would notice someone playing a trumpet. That is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the main roads in order that people might praise them. Keep in mind that people praise those hypocrites, but that is the only reward the hypocrites will receive! +\v 1 "Make certain when you do good deeds do not do them to let other people watch so they will think highly of you. God, your Father who is in heaven, will not give you any reward. +\v 2 So whenever you give something to the poor, do not make other people notice it as if playing a trumpet. That is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the main roads in order that people might praise them. That is the only reward the hypocrites will receive! \s5 \v 3 Instead of doing as they do, when you give something to the poor, do not let other people know what you are doing. @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 5 "Also when you pray, do not do what the hypocrites do. They like to stand in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to pray, in order that other people will see them and think highly of them. Keep in mind that people praise them, but that is the only reward they will get. -\v 6 But as for you, when you pray, go into your private room and close the door in order to pray to God, your Father, whom no one can see. He observes you where no one else observes you, and he will reward you. +\v 5 "Also when you pray, do not do what the hypocrites do. They like to stand in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to pray, in order that other people will see them and think highly of them. That is the only reward they will get. +\v 6 But as for you, when you pray, go into your private room and close the door in order to pray to God, your Father, whom no one can see. He observes you and will reward you. \v 7 When you pray, do not repeat words many times as the people who do not know God do when they pray. They think that if they use many words, their gods will listen to them and give them what they ask for. \s5 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \s5 \p -\v 16 When you keep from eating food in order to please God, do not look sad as the hypocrites look. They make their faces appear sad in order that people will see that they are not eating food and will think highly of them. Keep in mind that others will think highly of those people for that, but that is the only reward those people will get! +\v 16 When you keep from eating food in order to please God, do not look sad as the hypocrites look. They make their faces appear sad in order that people will see that they are not eating food. Keep in mind that is the only reward those people will get! \v 17 Instead, each of you, when you keep from eating food, should comb your hair and wash your face as usual, \v 18 in order that other people will not notice that you are fasting. But God, your Father, whom no one can see, will observe that you are not eating food. He sees you even though no one else sees you, and he will reward you. @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \s5 \p -\v 19 Do not selfishly accumulate large quantities of money and material goods for yourselves on this earth, because the earth is where everything perishes. For example, where moths ruin clothing, rust destroys metals, and thieves steal what belongs to other people. -\v 20 Instead, do deeds that will please God. If you do good deeds, it will be like storing treasures in heaven. Nothing perishes in heaven. In heaven no moths can ruin clothing, there is no rust, and there are no thieves who could steal. +\v 19 Do not selfishly accumulate large quantities of money and material goods for yourselves on this earth, because the earth is where everything perishes where moths ruin clothing, rust destroys metals, and thieves steal what belongs to other people. +\v 20 Instead, do deeds that will please God so that you store up treasures in heaven. Nothing perishes in heaven. In heaven no moths can ruin clothing, there is no rust, and there are no thieves who could steal. \v 21 Remember that whatever is most important to you, that is what you will be thinking about. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \s5 \p \v 25 That is why I tell you that you should not worry about things that you need in order to live. Do not worry about whether you will have enough food to eat and things to drink, or enough clothes to wear. The way you conduct your lives is much more important than those things. -\v 26 Think about the birds. They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops or gather produce into barns. They always have food to eat because God, your Father who is in heaven, provides food for them. And you are certainly worth a lot more than birds! So you can be assured that God will supply what you need! +\v 26 Think about the birds. They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops or gather produce into barns. They always have food to eat because God, your Father who is in heaven, provides food for them. \s5 \v 27 None of you can, just by worrying, add years to your life. You cannot add even one minute to your life! So you should not worry about things you need. @@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ and rescue us when Satan tries to harm us.' \v 29 But I tell you that even though King Solomon, who lived long ago, wore very beautiful clothes, his clothes were not as beautiful as one of those flowers. \s5 -\v 30 God makes the wild plants very beautiful, but they grow in the field for only a short time. One day they grow, and the next day people will throw them into an oven to bake bread. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer. So trust in God, you who have so little faith! +\v 30 God makes the wild plants very beautiful, but they grow in the field for only a short time. One day they grow, and the next day people will throw them into an oven to burn them. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer. So trust in God, you who have so little faith! \v 31 So do not worry and say, 'Will we have anything to eat?' or 'Will we have anything to drink?' or 'Will we have clothes to wear?' \s5 -\v 32 Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things, so you should not worry about them. -\v 33 Instead, make it the most important thing in your life to accept God when he rules over you, and to try to live righteously. If you do that, he will give you all the things that you need. +\v 32 Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things. +\v 33 Instead, make it the most important thing that God should rule over the entire world and that everyone should do what he requires. If you do that, he will give you all the things that you need. \v 34 So do not be worried about what will happen to you the next day, because when that day comes, you will have enough to be concerned about. So do not worry ahead of time." diff --git a/41-MAT/07.usfm b/41-MAT/07.usfm index 7c79048c..a36b3f1a 100644 --- a/41-MAT/07.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/07.usfm @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ \v 2 If you condemn other people, God will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned. \s5 -\v 3 None of you should be concerned about someone else's small faults! That would be like noticing a speck of straw in that person's eye. But you should be concerned about your own big faults. That is like noticing a speck of straw in that person's eye while not noticing a huge wooden plank in your own eye. -\v 4 You should not say to other people about their minor faults, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye!' You should not say that if a wooden pland is still in your own eye. -\v 5 If you do that, you are a hypocrite! You should first remove the plank out of your own eye before trying to get the speck out of someone else's eye. When you have stopped sinning, then you will have the spiritual insight to help others get rid of their sins." +\v 3 None of you should be concerned about someone else's small faults! That would be like noticing a speck of straw in that person's eye. But you should be concerned about your own big faults because you do not notice a huge wooden plank in your own eye. +\v 4 You should not say to other people about their minor faults, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye!' while you still have a wooden plank in your own eye. +\v 5 If you do that, you are a hypocrite! You should first remove the plank out of your own eye before trying to get the speck out of someone else's eye." \s5 \p @@ -46,21 +46,21 @@ So I am telling you to take the difficult road and enter the narrow gate to live \s5 \p -\v 15 Watch out for people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They seem to be harmless, but that is not true. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins. They want people to believe that they are harmless sheep, but they will actually attack you like wolves. -\v 16 So how will you know that they are false? Well, by seeing the fruit that plants produce, you know what kind of plants they are. For example, thornbushes cannot -produce grapes, so no one even thinks of picking grapes from thornbushes. And thistles cannot produce figs, so no one thinks of picking figs from thistles. +\v 15 Watch out for people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins to appear harmless but will attack you. +\v 16 By seeing the fruit that plants produce you know what kind of plants they are. Thornbushes cannot +produce grapes and thistles cannot produce figs, so no one thinks of picking grapes from thorns or figs from thistles. \v 17 Here is another example: all good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all rotten trees produce worthless fruit. \s5 \v 18 No good fruit tree produces worthless fruit, and no rotten tree produces good fruit. \v 19 Workers chop down and burn up all the trees that do not produce good fruit. -\v 20 By seeing what plants produce, you know what kind of plants they are. Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do, you will know if they truly speak for God or not. +\v 20 By seeing what plants produce, you know what kind of plants they are. Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do, you will know if they truly produce good or not. \s5 \p -\v 21 Even though many people habitually call me Lord, pretending that they have my authority, God will not agree to rule over some of them, because they do not do what he desires. My Father will agree to rule over only those who do what he wants. +\v 21 Even though many people habitually call me Lord, pretending that they have my authority, God will not agree to rule from heaven over some of them, because they do not do what he desires. My Father will agree to rule over only those who do what he wants. \v 22 On the day that God judges everyone, many people will say to me, 'Lord, we spoke God's message as your representatives! As your representatives we drove out demons from people! And as your representatives, many times we performed mighty deeds!' \v 23 Then I will publicly say to them, 'I have never admitted that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!'" diff --git a/41-MAT/08.usfm b/41-MAT/08.usfm index 1d2c7b79..e732c790 100644 --- a/41-MAT/08.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/08.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \v 3 Then Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said to him, "I am willing to heal you, and I heal you now!" Immediately the man was healed from his sickness. \s5 -\v 4 Then Jesus said to him, "Go and show yourself to a nearby priest so that he can examine you and verify that you are no longer sick. Then, after he tells the local people, they will know that you no longer have leprosy, and you will be able to associate with them again. Make sure that now you do not report about my healing you to anyone other than the priest. Then go to the temple in Jerusalem and give the priest the offering that Moses commanded that people who have been healed from this sickness should offer as a sacrifice to God." +\v 4 Then Jesus said to him, "Make sure that now you do not report about my healing you to anyone other than the priest. Then go to the temple in Jerusalem and give the offering that Moses commanded so people will know about it." \s5 \p @@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ \v 7 Jesus said to him, "I will go to your house and heal him." \s5 -\v 8 But the officer said to him, "Lord, do not bother to go. I am not worthy for you to come into my house and associate with me. Instead, just say that my servant is healed, and he will be healed. -\v 9 It is the same way with me. I am a soldier; I have to obey my commanders, and I also have soldiers that I command. When I say to one of them 'Go!' he goes. When I say to another 'Come!' he comes. When I say to my slave, 'Do this!' he does it. You also speak with a similar kind of authority." -\v 10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, "Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who trusts in me as much this non-Jewish man. Not even in Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, have I found anyone who trusts as much in me! +\v 8 But the officer said to him, "I am not worthy for you to come into my house. Instead, just say that my servant is healed, and he will be healed. +\v 9 It is the same way with me. I am a soldier; I have to obey my commanders, and I also have soldiers that I command. When I say to one of them 'Go!' he goes. When I say to another 'Come!' he comes. When I say to my slave, 'Do this!' he does it." +\v 10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, "Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who trusts in me as much this non-Jewish man. Not even in Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, have I found anyone who trusts so much in me! \s5 -\v 11 I tell you truly that many other non-Jewish people will believe in me also, and they will come from distant countries, including those far to the east and far to the west, and they will sit down to eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when God will rule over everything completely. -\v 12 But the Jews who should have allowed God to rule over them--God will throw them into hell, where there is total darkness. There they will weep because of their suffering, and they will grind their teeth because they will have severe pain." -\v 13 Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home. What you believed would happen, that I would heal your servant from a distance, will happen." Then the officer went home and found out that his servant had become well at the exact time that Jesus told him that he would heal him. +\v 11 I tell you truly that many other non-Jewish people will believe in me also, and they will come from distant countries, including those far to the east and far to the west, and they will sit down to feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when God will rule from heaven over everything completely. +\v 12 But as for the Jews whom God intended to rule--he will throw them into hell, where there is total darkness. There they will weep because of their suffering, and they will grind their teeth because they will have severe pain." +\v 13 Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home. What you believed will happen." Then the officer went home and found out that his servant had become well at the exact time that Jesus told him that he would heal him. \s5 \p @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 Jesus saw the crowd around him, but he needed to rest. So he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the lake. +\v 18 Jesus saw the crowd around him he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the lake. \v 19 As they were walking toward the boat, a man who taught the Jewish laws came to him and said, "Teacher, I will go with you wherever you go." \v 20 Jesus answered him, "Foxes have holes in the ground in which to live, and birds have nests, but even though I am the Son of Man, I do not have a home where I can sleep." @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 Then Jesus and his disciples got into the boat, and they started sailing around the Sea of Galilee. +\v 23 Then Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him. \v 24 Suddenly strong winds blew on the water, and very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it. But Jesus was sleeping. \v 25 They went and woke him up, and said to him, "Lord, rescue us! We are about to drown!" diff --git a/41-MAT/09.usfm b/41-MAT/09.usfm index b0b09b2f..f82d95d8 100644 --- a/41-MAT/09.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/09.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 3 Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, "This man thinks he is God; he cannot forgive sins!" \v 4 Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said, "You should not think evil thoughts! \v 5 What is easier, to tell him that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? -\v 6 So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the Son of Man, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!" +\v 6 So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the Son of Man, to forgive sins." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!" \s5 \v 7 Immediately the man got up, picked up his sleeping pad, and went home! @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 9 As Jesus was going away from there, he saw a man named Matthew. He was sitting at a table where he collected taxes for the Roman government. Jesus said to him, "Come with me and be my disciple!" So Matthew got up and went with him. \s5 -\v 10 Jesus and his disciples sat down in a house for a meal. While they were eating, many tax collectors and other persons who did not care about the law of Moses came and ate with them. +\v 10 Jesus and his disciples sat down in a house for a meal. While they were eating, many tax collectors and other persons came and ate with them. \v 11 When the Pharisees saw that, they went up to the disciples and said, "It is disgusting that your teacher eats and associates with tax collectors and other people like them." \s5 @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ \v 19 So Jesus got up, and he and the disciples went with the man. \s5 -\v 20-21 Then a woman who had been suffering constant bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, "I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding. So if I touch him or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed without anyone finding out about it." So she came behind him and touched the edge of his garment. +\v 20 Then a woman who had been suffering constant bleeding for twelve. ears came near Jesus. She came behind him and touched the edge of his garment. +\v 21 She was saying to herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be healed." \v 22 Then Jesus turned around to see who had touched him. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, "Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed that I could heal you, I have healed you." The woman was healed at that very moment. \s5 @@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 27 As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, "Have mercy on us and heal us, you Descendant of King David!" -\v 28 Jesus went into his own house, and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to heal you?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord!" +\v 28 Jesus went into the house, and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to heal you?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord!" \s5 \v 29 Then he touched their eyes and he said to them, "Because you believe that I can heal your eyes, I am healing them right now!" @@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 35 Then Jesus and his disciples went through many of the cities and towns in the district of Galilee. He was teaching in the synagogues and preaching the good news about how God would soon show himself as king. He also was healing the people who had various diseases and illnesses. +\v 35 Then Jesus and his disciples went through many of the cities and towns in the district of Galilee. He was teaching in the synagogues and preaching the good news about how God will rule from heaven. He also was healing the people who had various diseases and illnesses. \v 36 When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were upset and worried. They were like sheep that do not have a shepherd. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/10.usfm b/41-MAT/10.usfm index d52fa7f5..1fc5de2f 100644 --- a/41-MAT/10.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/10.usfm @@ -3,25 +3,27 @@ \s5 \c 10 \p -\v 1 Jesus told his twelve disciples to come to him. Then he gave them the power to drive out evil spirits that controlled people. He also enabled them to heal people who had all kinds diseases or who were sick in all kinds of ways. +\v 1 Jesus told his twelve. isciples to come to him. Then he gave them the power to drive out evil spirits that controlled people. He also enabled them to heal people who had all kinds diseases or who were sick in all kinds of ways. \s5 -\v 2 Here is a list of the twelve disciples, whom he called apostles. They were Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; Andrew, Peter's younger brother; James, the son of Zebedee; John, the younger brother of James; +\v 2 Here is a list of the twelve. isciples, whom he called apostles. They were Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; Andrew, Peter's younger brother; James, the son of Zebedee; John, the younger brother of James; \v 3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew, the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; \v 4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who later made it possible for the Jewish leaders to arrest Jesus. \s5 \p -\v 5 When Jesus was about to send his twelve apostles to tell the good news to people in various places, he gave them these instructions: "Do not go where the non-Jews live or into the towns where the Samaritans live. +\v 5 When Jesus was about to send his twelve. postles to tell the good news to people in various places, he gave them these instructions: "Do not go where the non-Jews live or into the towns where the Samaritans live. \v 6 Instead, go to the people of Israel; they are like sheep who have strayed away from their shepherd. -\v 7 When you go to them, proclaim to them that God will soon show himself as king. +\v 7 When you go to them, proclaim to them that God will soon rule from heaven. \s5 \v 8 Heal sick people, cause dead people to become alive, heal people with leprosy and bring them back into society, and cause demons to leave those whom they control. Do not charge any money for helping people, because God did not charge you anything for helping you. -\v 9-10 Do not take any money with you, nor a bag for what belongs to you. Do not take an extra tunic, nor sandals in addition to what you are wearing, nor a walking stick. Every worker deserves to get pay from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go. +\v 9 Do not take any money with you, +\v 10 nor a bag for what belongs to you. Do not take an extra tunic, nor sandals in addition to what you are wearing, nor a walking stick. Every worker deserves to get pay from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food from the people to whom you go. \s5 -\v 11-12 In any town or village that you enter, find a person who wants you to stay in his home. As you go into that house, call upon God to do good to the people who live there. Stay in that home until you leave that town or village. +\v 11 In any town or village that you enter, find a person who wants you to stay in his home. +\v 12 As you go into that house, call upon God to do good to the people who live there. Stay in that home until you leave that town or village. \v 13 If the people who live in that house receive you well, God will indeed do good to them. But if they do not receive you well, then your prayer will not help them, and God will not do them good. \s5 @@ -30,12 +32,12 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 "Take note: When I send you out, you will be as defenseless as sheep, among people who are as dangerous as wolves. And you must no more harm them than doves would. You should be on your guard such people, as snakes are on their guard against people. -\v 17 Also, be on guard against people, because they will arrest you and take you to the members of the governing councils to put you on trial; they will punish you because you are my disciples. They will whip you in their synagogues. +\v 16 "Take note: When I send you out, you will be as defenseless as sheep, among people who are as dangerous as wolves. So be careful like snakes are careful and be harmless to them like pigeons are harmless. +\v 17 Also, be on guard against people, because they will arrest you and take you to the members of the governing councils to put you on trial. They will whip you in their synagogues. \v 18 And because you belong to me, they will take you before governors and kings in order that they may put you on trial and punish you. But you will testify to those rulers and to other non-Jews about me. \s5 -\v 19 When those people arrest you, do not be worried about what you will say to them, because at that very time the Holy Spirit will tell you the words that you should say. +\v 19 When those people arrest you, do not be worried about what you will say to them, because the words that you should say will come to you. \v 20 It is not that you will decide what to say. Instead, you will say what the Spirit of your heavenly Father tells you to say. \s5 @@ -46,11 +48,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 24 A disciple should not expect to be greater than his teacher, and servants are not superior to their master. -\v 25 You do not expect that people will treat a student better than they treat his teacher, or that they will treat a servant better than they treat his master. Similarly, because I am your teacher and master, you can expect that people will mistreat you, because they have mistreated me. The most you can expect is that people will treat you like they treat me. I am like the ruler of a household, whom they call Satan. If they act that badly toward me, how do you think they will act toward you?" +\v 25 You do not expect that people will treat a student better than they treat his teacher, or that they will treat a servant better than they treat his master. Similarly, because I am your teacher and master, you can expect that people will mistreat you, because they have mistreated me. I am like the ruler of a household, whom they call Satan. If they act that badly toward me, how do you think they will act toward you?" \s5 \p -\v 26 "Do not be afraid of those people. Everything that is unknown to people, God wants you now to reveal it. He does not want you to hide what is true about him, neither to keep it secret. +\v 26 "Do not be afraid of those people. Everything that is unknown to people, God wants you now to reveal it. He does not want you to hide what is true, neither to keep it secret. \v 27 So, instead of being afraid, what I say to you secretly as people do at night, tell it publicly as people do during the daytime. What I say to you privately as people do when they whisper to you, proclaim it publicly. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/11.usfm b/41-MAT/11.usfm index 60a84cc7..811b45d9 100644 --- a/41-MAT/11.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/11.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples about what they should do, he sent them to various Israelite towns. Then he went to teach and preach in other Israelite towns in that area. +\v 1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve. isciples about what they should do, he sent them to various Israelite towns. Then he went to teach and preach in other Israelite towns in that area. \p @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ \s5 \v 9 So really, what kind of person did you expect to see? A prophet? Oh, yes! But let me tell you this: John is not just any ordinary prophet. \v 10 He is the one to whom God was referring when someone wrote in the scriptures and said, -\q 'Listen! I am sending my messenger to go ahead of you to prepare the people for your coming.' +\q 'Notice this! I am sending my messenger to go ahead of you to prepare the people for your coming.' \s5 \p -\v 11 Note this: of all the people who have ever lived, God does not consider any of them to be greater than John the Baptizer. At the same time, God considers that all the people over whom he will agree to rule are greater than John, even if they are the least people whom he rules. -\v 12 From the time that John the Baptizer preached until now, some people have tried to force God to rule as they want him to rule, and they have tried to force him to rule so they can profit from it. +\v 11 Note this: of all the people who have ever lived, God does not consider any of them to be greater than John the Baptizer. At the same time, God considers those that are not important over whom he will agree to rule from heaven are greater than John. +\v 12 From the time that John the Baptizer preached until now, some people have been trying to make God rule from heaven in their own way, and they have been using force for this purpose. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/12.usfm b/41-MAT/12.usfm index c23adc00..16f0c82c 100644 --- a/41-MAT/12.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/12.usfm @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ \v 2 Some Pharisees saw them doing that, so they said to Jesus, "Look! Your disciples are doing work on our day of rest. The law does not allow that!" \s5 -\v 3 But Jesus answered, "It is written in the Scriptures what our ancestor King David did when he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, but you do not think about what it means! -\v 4 David entered the Sacred Tent where they worshiped God and asked for some food. The high priest gave him the bread that had been on display before God. But according to the law of Moses, only priests were permitted to eat that bread, but David and the men who were with him ate it. And God did not consider that what they did was wrong! +\v 3 But Jesus answered, "It is written in the scriptures what our ancestor King David did when he and the men with him were hungry. +\v 4 David entered the Sacred Tent where they worshiped God and ate the bread that had been on display before God. But according to the law of Moses, only priests were permitted to eat that bread, but David and the men who were with him ate it. \s5 \v 5 Also, surely you have read what Moses wrote, when he said that even though the priests, by working in the temple on our Sabbath day, are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws, they are not guilty. -\v 6 Let me tell you what this means: I have come to you, and I am more important than the temple, so what I teach is more important for you to obey than what our ancestors said about the Sabbath day. +\v 6 Let me tell you what this means: I have come to you, and I am more important than the temple. \s5 -\v 7 You should think about these words of God in the Scriptures: 'I want you to act mercifully toward people, and not just offer sacrifices.' If you understood what that means, you would not condemn my disciples, who have done no wrong. +\v 7 You should think about these words of God in the scriptures: 'I want you to act mercifully toward people, and not just offer sacrifices.' If you understood what that means, you would not condemn my disciples, who have done no wrong. \v 8 I am the Son of Man, and I have the authority to tell people what they can do on the Sabbath day." @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ \p \v 15 Because Jesus knew that the Pharisees were plotting to kill him, he took the disciples and went away from there. Large crowds, including many sick people, followed him, and he healed them all. \v 16 But he told them firmly that they should not tell other people about him. -\v 17 By acting humbly like that he fulfilled what Isaiah the prophet had written long ago. He wrote, +\v 17 By doing this he fulfilled what Isaiah the prophet had written long ago. He wrote, \q \s5 @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ \s5 \v 26 In the same way, if Satan were driving out his own demons, he would be fighting against himself. He will not be able to continue to rule over his servants! -\v 27 Furthermore, if it is true that Satan enables me to drive out demons, is it also true that your disciples who drive them out do so by Satan's power? No! So they will show you that you are not thinking logically. +\v 27 Furthermore, if it is true that Satan enables me to drive out demons, is it also true that your disciples who drive them out do so by Satan's power? No! So they will judge you for saying that Satan's power was behind their work. \s5 -\v 28 But because it is God's Spirit who enables me to drive out demons, that proves that God is beginning to show himself as king. +\v 28 But because it is God's Spirit who enables me to drive out demons, that proves that the rule of God from heaven is already here. \p \v 29 I will show you why I am able to drive out demons. A person cannot go into the house of a strong man like Satan and carry off his possessions if he does not first tie up that strong man. But if he ties him up, then he will be able to take his possessions. \p @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ \v 35 Good people speak good things. That is because it is like they have stored up all these good things in a safe place and can bring them out at any time. But evil people speak evil things. That is because it is like they have stored up all these evil things and bring them out at any time from the place where they store them. \s5 -\v 36 I tell you that on the day when God judges, he will make people recall every word they have spoken that has caused harm, and he will judge the people by what they have said. +\v 36 I tell you that on the day when God judges, he will make people recall every useless word they have spoken, and he will judge the people by what they have said. \v 37 God will either declare that you are righteous based on the words that you have spoken, or else he will condemn you based on what you have said." @@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ \s5 \v 48 Then Jesus said to the person who told him that, "I will tell you who are really my mother and brothers." -\v 49 He then pointed toward his disciples and said, "These are ones whom I love as much as I love my mother and my brothers. -\v 50 Those who do what God my Father who is in heaven wants, are as dear to me as my brother, my sister, or my mother." +\v 49 He then pointed toward his disciples and said, "These are ones who take the place of my mother and my brothers. +\v 50 Those who do what God my Father who is in heaven wants take the place of my brother, my sister, or my mother." diff --git a/41-MAT/13.usfm b/41-MAT/13.usfm index 9bdf028f..842022ac 100644 --- a/41-MAT/13.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/13.usfm @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ \s5 \v 7 Other seeds fell on ground that had thorny weeds. The thorny weeds grew together with the young plants, and they crowded out the plants. \v 8 But other seeds fell on good soil, and the plants grew and produced a lot of grain. Some plants produced one hundred times as many seeds as were planted. Some plants produced sixty times as much. Some plants produced thirty times as much. -\v 9 If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what I have just said." +\v 9 If you are able to understand this, you should consider carefully what I have just said." \s5 \p \v 10 The disciples approached Jesus later and asked him, "Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowd?" -\v 11 He answered, "God is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about how he is going to show himself as king. But he has not revealed it to these other people. -\v 12 Those who think about what I say and understand it, God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not think carefully about what I say will forget even what they already know. +\v 11 He answered, "God is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about how he is ruling from heaven. But he has not revealed it to these other people. +\v 12 Those who are able to think about what I say and understand it, God will enable them to understand more. But those who are not able think carefully about what I say will forget even what they already know. \s5 \v 13 That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see what I do, they do not understand what it means, and although they hear what I say, they do not really learn what it means. @@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 16 But as for you, God is pleased with you because you have seen what I have done and +\v 16 But as for you, God has made you able because you realize what I have done and because you understand what I say. \v 17 Note this: many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say." \s5 \p \v 18 Now listen to me explain the parable I told you. -\v 19 Some people hear about how God is starting to rule over people's lives but do not understand it. They are like the path where some of the seeds fell. Satan, the evil one, comes and causes these people to forget what they have heard. +\v 19 Some people hear about how God is ruling but do not understand it. They are like the path where some of the seeds fell. Satan, the evil one, comes and causes these people to forget what they have heard. \s5 \v 20 Some people hear God's message and immediately accept it joyfully. They are like the rocky places where some seeds fell. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ because you understand what I say. \s5 \p -\v 24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable. He said, "When God begins to show himself as king, it will be like a landowner who sent his servants to sow good wheat seed in his field. +\v 24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable. He said, "When God rules from heaven, it will be like a landowner who sent his servants to sow good seed in his field. \v 25 While those servants were sleeping and not guarding the field, an enemy of the landowner came and scattered weed seeds in the midst of the wheat. Then he left. \v 26 After the seeds sprouted and the green plants grew, the heads of grain began to form. But the weeds also grew. @@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ because you understand what I say. \s5 \p -\v 31 Jesus also told this parable: "When God starts to show himself as king, it is like mustard seeds that grow after a man plants them in his field. +\v 31 Jesus also told this parable: "When God rules from heaven, it is like mustard seeds that grow after a man plants them in his field. \v 32 Although mustard seeds are among the smallest of all the seeds that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs as big as trees, and they are large enough for the birds to build nests in their branches." \s5 \p -\v 33 Jesus also told this parable: "When God starts to show himself as king, it is like a woman who was making bread. She took about forty liters of flour and mixed into it a little bit of yeast, and the bread rose." +\v 33 Jesus also told this parable: "When God rules from heaven, it is like a woman who was making bread. She took about forty liters of flour and mixed into it a little bit of yeast, and the bread rose." \s5 \p @@ -93,25 +93,25 @@ because you understand what I say. \p \v 36 After Jesus sent the crowd away, he went into the house. Then the disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds that grew in the wheat field." \v 37 He answered, "The one who sows the good seed represents me, the Son of Man. -\v 38 The field represents this world, where people live. The seeds that grew well represent the people over whom God agrees to rule. The weeds represent the people who do what the devil, the Evil One, tells them to do. +\v 38 The field represents this world, where people live. The seeds that grew well represent the people over whom God rules. The weeds represent the people who do what the devil, the Evil One, tells them to do. \v 39 The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The time when the reapers will harvest the grain represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. \s5 \v 40 The weeds are gathered and burned. That represents what will happen when God judges all people, when the world will end. It will be like this: -\v 41 I, the Son of Man, will send my angels, and they will gather from among all those whom I have begun to rule the people who cause others to stop believing in me and all those who sin in other ways as well. +\v 41 I, the Son of Man, will send my angels, and they will gather from among all that I am ruling the things that cause others to sin and all those who violate God's will. \v 42 The angels will throw those people into the fires of hell. There those people will weep and grind their teeth because of the great pain that they are suffering. -\v 43 However, God's brightness will shine on the people who have lived as he wants them to. It will shine on them as brightly as the sun shines. It will shine on them because God, their Father, will rule over them. If you want to understand this, you should think carefully about what I have just said." +\v 43 However, the people who have lived as he wants them to will shine out as brightly as the sun shines. They will shine out because God, their Father, will rule over them. If you are able to understand this, you should think carefully about what I have just said." \s5 \p -\v 44 "When people understand that God wishes to rule over them, it is like a man who found a great treasure that another person had buried in a field. When this man dug it up, he buried it again so no one else would find it. Then he went and sold all his possessions to obtain money to buy that field. He then went and bought the field, and so he was able to acquire that treasure. +\v 44 "God's ruling from heaven is so precious it is like a man who found a great treasure that another person had buried in a field. When this man dug it up, he buried it again so no one else would find it. Then he went and sold all his possessions to obtain money to buy that field. He then went and bought the field, and so he was able to acquire that treasure. \p -\v 45 Also, when God rules over people, it is like what a merchant did who was looking for good quality pearls to buy. +\v 45 Also, God ruling from heaven is so precious it is like what a merchant did who was looking for good quality pearls to buy. \v 46 When he found one very costly pearl that was for sale, he sold all his possessions to acquire enough money to buy that pearl. Then he went and bought it. \s5 \p -\v 47 When God shows himself as king, it is like what certain fishermen did with the fish they caught in a lake with a large net. They caught all kinds of fish, both useful and worthless fish. +\v 47 When God rules from heaven, it is like what certain fishermen did with the fish they caught in a lake with a large net. They caught all kinds of fish, both useful and worthless fish. \v 48 When the net was full, the fishermen pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat there and put the good fish into buckets, but they threw the worthless ones away. \s5 @@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ because you understand what I say. \s5 \p -\v 51 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Do you understand all these parables I have told you?" They said to him, -\v 52 "Yes, we understand them." Then he said, "Because you understand all these parables, you will understand the following parable: You, along with all others, will teach people what you heard me say about how God wishes to rule over people. You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be like a house owner who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room." +\v 51 Then Jesus asked the disciples, "Do you understand all these parables I have told you?" They said to him, "Yes, we understand them." +\v 52 Then he said, "Those teachers and interpeters who understand these parables and act accordingly under the rule of God from heaven are like a house owner who shares both new things and old things out of his storage room." \p \v 53 When Jesus had finished telling these parables, he took the disciples and left that area. @@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ because you understand what I say. \s5 \v 54 Then they went to the town of Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. On the Sabbath he began to teach the people in the synagogue. The result was that the people there were astonished. But some said, "This man is just an ordinary person like us! So how is it that he knows so much and understands so much? And how is it that he is able to do such miracles? \v 55 He is just the son of the carpenter, is he not? His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas! -\v 56 And his sisters also live here in our town. So how is he able to do all these miracles?" +\v 56 And his sisters also live here in our town. So how is he able to teach and do all these things?" \s5 -\v 57 The people there refused to accept that Jesus was the Christ. So Jesus said to them, "People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!" -\v 58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he was the Christ. +\v 57 The people there refused to accept that Jesus had such authority. So Jesus said to them, "People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!" +\v 58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he had such authority. diff --git a/41-MAT/14.usfm b/41-MAT/14.usfm index e56087ab..875db4ad 100644 --- a/41-MAT/14.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/14.usfm @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \v 7 so he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to be a witness that he had made this promise. \s5 -\v 8 So Herodias' daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for. Her mother told her to ask for John the Baptizer's head. Then her daughter went back and said to Herod, "I want you to cut off the head of John the Baptizer and bring it here on a platter to show that he is really dead!" +\v 8 So Herodias' daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for. Her mother told her what to say. So her daughter went back and said to Herod, "I want you to cut off the head of John the Baptizer and bring it here on a platter to show that he is really dead!" \v 9 The king was now very sorry that he had promised to give Herodias' daughter whatever she wanted. But because he had called on God to hear him make that promise, and because all his guests had heard him do so, he felt that he had to do what he had said. So he ordered his servants to do what she wanted. \s5 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ \s5 \v 19 Jesus told the crowd of people who had gathered there to sit on the grass. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. Then he gave the pieces to his disciples, and they distributed them to the crowd. -\v 20 All the people ate until they were no longer hungry. Then some people gathered the pieces that were left over and filled twelve baskets with them. +\v 20 All the people ate until they were no longer hungry. Then some people gathered the pieces that were left over and filled twelve. askets with them. \v 21 About five thousand men ate at that time, not counting the women and children! \s5 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 Then Jesus came down from the hills to the water. Some time between three and six o'clock in the morning he walked on the water toward the boat. \v 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they thought that he must be a ghost. They were terrified, and they screamed in fear. -\v 27 Immediately Jesus said to them, "Cheer up! It is I. Do not be afraid!" +\v 27 Immediately Jesus said to them, "Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid!" \s5 \v 28 Peter said to him, "Lord, if it is you, tell me to walk on the water to you!" diff --git a/41-MAT/15.usfm b/41-MAT/15.usfm index d6254f3c..3a4ca972 100644 --- a/41-MAT/15.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/15.usfm @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ \s5 \v 7 You only pretend to be good! Isaiah also told the truth about you when he spoke God's thoughts about your ancestors. \v 8 'These people talk as if they honor me, but they do care about me,' -\v 9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up as if I myself had commanded it.'" +\v 9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up as their authoritative teachings.'" \s5 \p \v 10 Then Jesus again called the crowd to come nearer to him. He said to them, "Listen to what I am about to tell you and try to understand it. -\v 11 Nothing that a person puts into his mouth to eat causes God to not accept him. Instead, it is what people say--the words that come from their mouths--that causes God to reject them." +\v 11 Nothing that a person puts into his mouth to eat makes him contaminated. Instead, it is what people say--the words that come from their mouths--that makes a person degraded." \s5 \p @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \p \v 15 Peter said to Jesus, "Explain to us the parable about what a person eats." \v 16 Jesus replied to them, "You should certainly understand what I teach, but I am disappointed that you do not. -\v 17 You ought to understand that whatever food people eat enters their stomachs, and later what remains passes out of their bodies. What people eat does not cause God to reject them. +\v 17 You ought to understand that whatever food people eat enters their stomachs, and later what remains passes out of their bodies. \s5 \v 18 Instead, the evil words that the mouth speaks are what makes God reject a person, because they come from the evil things that the person thinks in his innermost being. @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \v 23 But Jesus did not answer her at all. The disciples said to him, "Tell her to leave because she keeps bothering us by shouting behind us as we go along." \s5 -\v 24 Jesus said to her, "God has sent me only to the people of Israel, because they are like sheep who have lost their way. They do not know how to get to heaven." +\v 24 Jesus said to her, "God has sent me only to the people of Israel, because they are like sheep who have lost their way." \v 25 But the woman came closer to Jesus and knelt down in front of him. She pled, "Lord, help me!" \v 26 Then he told her, "It is not good for someone to take food that has been prepared for his children and throw it to the little dogs in the house." @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ \s5 \v 36 He took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he had thanked God for them, he broke them into pieces and he kept giving them to the disciples. Then the disciples kept distributing them to the crowd. -\v 37-38 Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously, all those people ate and had plenty to satisfy them. There were four thousand men who ate, but no one counted the women and the children who also ate. Then the disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over, and they filled seven large baskets with them. +\v 37 Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously, all those people ate and had plenty to satisfy them. Then the disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over, and they filled seven large baskets with them. +\v 38 There were four thousand men who ate, but no one counted the women and the children who also ate. \p \v 39 After Jesus sent the crowd away, he and the disciples got in a boat and sailed around the lake to the region of Magadan. diff --git a/41-MAT/16.usfm b/41-MAT/16.usfm index d196c7ba..8bcde811 100644 --- a/41-MAT/16.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/16.usfm @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ \s5 \v 17 Then Jesus said to him, "Simon, son of Jonah, God is pleased with you. What you just said--no human has revealed this to you. Instead, it was my Father who lives in heaven who has revealed this to you. -\v 18 I will also tell you this: You are Peter, which means 'rock.' You will be the support for the group of those who believe in me, like a large rock supports a great building. And even death will not be strong enough to destroy it." +\v 18 I will also tell you this: You are Peter, which means 'rock.' You will be the support for the group of those who believe in me, like a large rock supports a great building. And even the powers of death will not be strong enough to stand up against it." \s5 -\v 19 Then he said, "I will enable you to open or close the way for people to become those over whom God will rule. Whatever you permit on earth, God will permit in heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth, God will prohibit in heaven." +\v 19 Then he said, "I will enable you to open or close the way for people to come under the rule of God from heaven. Whatever you permit on earth, God will permit in heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth, God will prohibit in heaven." \v 20 Then Jesus warned the disciples strongly not to tell anyone at that time that he was the Christ. \s5 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \p \v 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone of you wants to trust me and go where I am going, you must put away your own desires and purposes, and you must take up your own cross, and go where I lead you. \v 25 Whoever tries to save his own life, will find that instead of saving his life, he loses it. But whoever loses his life for me, he will find his life. -\v 26 People might get everything they want in this world, but if they do not become my disciples, they gain nothing and they even lose their owns lives. What could anyone give to God in exchange for their own life? +\v 26 People might get everything they want in this world, but if they do not become my disciples, they gain nothing and they even lose their owns lives. What could anyone give in exchange for their own life? \s5 \v 27 Listen carefully. I, the Son of Man, will leave this earth, but I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious light that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did when they were alive in this world. diff --git a/41-MAT/18.usfm b/41-MAT/18.usfm index 28b430f1..70f9c3fa 100644 --- a/41-MAT/18.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/18.usfm @@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ \p -\v 1 At that precise time the disciples approached Jesus and asked him, "Who among us will be the most important when God makes you king?" +\v 1 At that precise time the disciples approached Jesus and asked him, "Who among us will be the most important when God makes you king from heaven?" \v 2 Jesus called a child to come, and he placed that child in their midst. -\v 3 He said, "I tell you the truth: If you do not change the way you think and become as humble as little children, surely God will not agree to rule over you. +\v 3 He said, "I tell you the truth: If you do not change and become as humble as little children, surely you will not come under the rule of God from heaven. \s5 -\v 4 The people who become as humble as this child will be the most important people among those over whom I will rule. +\v 4 The people who become as humble as this child will be the most important people among those over whom God will rule from heaven. \v 5 Also, whenever people welcome a child like this one because they love me, God considers that they are welcoming me." \p -\v 6 "If you cause someone who believes in me to sin, even if it is someone who people think is as unimportant as this little child, God will severely punish you. He will punish you worse than if someone had thrown you into the sea's deep waters with a heavy stone tied to your neck! +\v 6 "If a person causes someone who believes in me to sin, even if it is someone who people think is as unimportant as this little child, God will severely punish that person. He will punish that person worse than if someone had thrown him into the sea's deep waters with a heavy stone tied to his neck! \s5 \v 7 How terrible it will be for those who cause others to sin. There will always be temptations to sin, but how terrible it will be for anyone to cause another person to sin. @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 Keep this in mind: Whatever you decide on earth about punishing or not punishing a member of your congregation is what has also been decided by God in heaven. -\v 19 Also note this: If at least two of you who live here on earth agree together about whatever you ask God for, God, my Father who is in heaven, will give you what you ask for. +\v 19 Also note this: If at least two of you who live here on earth agree together about whatever you ask for, my Father who is in heaven, will give you what you ask for. \v 20 This is true, because wherever at least two or three of you assemble because you believe in me, I am with you." @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 Then Peter approached Jesus and said to him, "How many times must I forgive a fellow believer who keeps on sinning against me? If he keeps asking me to forgive him, must I forgive him as many as seven times?" -\v 22 Jesus said to him, "I tell you that the number of times you must forgive someone is not just up to seven, but you must forgive him seventy-seven times--there is no end to the number of times. +\v 22 Jesus said to him, "I tell you that the number of times you must forgive someone is not just up to seven, but you must forgive him seventy-seven times. \s5 -\v 23 In order to illustrate why you should do this, I will tell you a parable. In it God is like a king and his officials. That king told some of his servants that he wanted his officials to pay what they owed him. -\v 24 So those officials came to the king to settle their accounts with him. One of the officials who were brought owed the king several million dollars. +\v 23 God's rule from heaven is like a king and his officials. He wanted his officials to pay what they owed him. +\v 24 So those officials came to the king to settle their accounts with him. One of the officials brought to the king owed several million dollars. \v 25 But because he did not have enough money to pay what he owed, the king demanded that he, his wife, his children and all he possessed be sold to someone else and that the king be repaid with the money that was paid for them. \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/19.usfm b/41-MAT/19.usfm index dd7f0d72..e1be6c5e 100644 --- a/41-MAT/19.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/19.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 3 Some Pharisees approached him and said to him, "Does our Jewish law permit a man to divorce his wife for any reason whatever?" They asked that in order to be able to debate with him. -\v 4 Jesus said to them, "You have read the Scriptures, so you should know that at the time when God first created people, 'He made one man, and he made one woman.' +\v 4 Jesus said to them, "You have read the scriptures, so you should know that at the time when God first created people, 'He made one man, and he made one woman.' \s5 \v 5 That explains why God said, 'When a man and woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers. Instead, the two of them must live together, and they will become so closely united that they are like one person.' @@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ \s5 \v 10 The disciples said to him, "If that is true, it is better for men never to marry!" \v 11 He answered, "Not every man is able to accept this teaching, but only the men whom God enables to accept it. -\v 12 There are men who do not marry because their private parts have been defective ever since they were born. There are other men who do not marry because they have been castrated. Then there are still other men who decide not to marry in order to serve God better as he rules over them. You who are able to understand what I have said about marriage should accept it and obey it." +\v 12 There are men who do not marry because their private parts have been defective ever since they were born. There are other men who do not marry because they have been castrated. Then there are still other men who decide not to marry in order to serve God better as he rules from heaven. You who are able to understand what I have said about marriage should accept it and obey it." \s5 \p \v 13 Then some little children were brought to Jesus in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the people for doing that. -\v 14 When Jesus saw us scolding them, he said to us, "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are, over whom God will agree to rule." -\v 15 Jesus then laid his hands on the children and asked God to bless them. Then he left that place. +\v 14 But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are who belong to the rule of God from heaven." +\v 15 Jesus then laid his hands on the children to bless them. Then he left that place. @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 23 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "Keep this in mind: It is very difficult for rich people to agree to let God rule their lives. -\v 24 Note this also: It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is even more difficult for rich people to agree to let God rule their lives." +\v 24 Note this also: It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is even more difficult for rich people to come under the rule of God." \s5 \v 25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astounded. They thought that rich people were the ones whom God blesses the most. So they said to Jesus, "If that is so, it does not seem likely that anyone will be saved!" @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \v 27 Then Peter said to him, "You know that we have left everything behind and we have become your disciples in order to follow you. So what benefit will we get for doing that?" \s5 -\v 28 Jesus said to them, "Keep this in mind: You will get many benefits. When God makes the new earth and when I, the Son of Man, sit on my magnificent throne, those of you who have accompanied me will each sit on a throne, and you will judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel. +\v 28 Jesus said to them, "Keep this in mind: You will get many benefits. When God makes the new earth and when I, the Son of Man, sit on my throne in my glory, those of you who have accompanied me will each sit on a throne, and you will judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel. \s5 \v 29 God will reward those who, because they were my disciples, left behind a house or a plot of ground, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or any other family members. God will give them a hundred times as many benefits as they have given up. And they will live with God forever. diff --git a/41-MAT/20.usfm b/41-MAT/20.usfm index f333af81..ec70d405 100644 --- a/41-MAT/20.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/20.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 "In order to illustrate how God rewards people, I will compare the way God begins to rule his people with what the owner of an estate did. Early in the morning the owner of the estate went to the marketplace, where people who wanted work gathered. He went there to hire laborers to work in his vineyard. +\v 1 "The way God rules from heaven compares to what the owner of an estate did. Early in the morning the owner of the estate went to the marketplace, where people who wanted work gathered. He went there to hire laborers to work in his vineyard. \v 2 He promised the men whom he hired that he would pay them the standard wage for working one day. Then he sent them to his vineyards. \s5 @@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ \s5 \v 15 I certainly have a right to spend my money as I desire, do I not? You should not be envious about my being generous! '" -\v 16 Then Jesus said to us, "Similarly, God will reward well some people who seem to be less important now, and he will not reward some people who seem to be more important now." +\v 16 "Similarly, God will reward well some people who seem to be less important now, and he will not reward some people who seem to be more important now." \s5 \p -\v 17 When Jesus was walking on the road up to Jerusalem along with the twelve disciples, he took them to a place by themselves in order that he could talk to them privately. Then he said to them, +\v 17 When Jesus was walking on the road up to Jerusalem along with the twelve disciples, he took them to a place by themselves in order that he could talk to them privately. Then he said to them, \v 18 "Listen carefully! We are now going up to Jerusalem. While we are there, someone will enable the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws to seize me, the Son of Man, and they will put me on trial. They will condemn me and say that I should die. \v 19 Then they will put me in the hands of non-Jews so that they can make fun of me, whip me, and kill me by nailing me to a cross. But on the third day after that, God will cause me to live again." diff --git a/41-MAT/21.usfm b/41-MAT/21.usfm index 2850d92d..0de0900a 100644 --- a/41-MAT/21.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/21.usfm @@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ \v 6 So the two disciples went and did what Jesus told them to do. \v 7 They brought the donkey and its colt to Jesus. They placed their cloaks on them to make something for him to sit on. Then Jesus mounted and sat on the cloaks. -\v 8 Then a large crowd spread some of their outer clothing on the road, and other people cut off branches from palm trees and spread them on the road. They did those things to honor Jesus. +\v 8 Then a large crowd spread some of their outer clothing on the road, and other people cut off branches from palm trees and spread them on the road. \s5 -\v 9 The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting things like, "Praise the Christ, the descendant of King David!" "May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority ." "Praise God, who is in the highest heaven!" +\v 9 The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting, +\q "Praise the Christ, the descendant of King David!" +\q "May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority ." +\q "Praise God, who is in the highest heaven!" +\m \v 10 As Jesus entered Jerusalem, many people from all over the city became excited and were saying, "Why are they honoring this man like that?" \v 11 The crowd that was already following him answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee!" @@ -28,13 +32,13 @@ and sat on the cloaks. \s5 \p \v 12 Then Jesus went into the temple courtyard and chased out all of those who were buying and selling things there. He also overturned the tables of those who were changing Roman coins for temple tax money, and he overturned the seats of those who were selling pigeons for sacrifices. -\v 13 Then he said to them, "A prophet wrote in the Scriptures that God said, 'I want my house to be a place where people pray to me,' but you people have made it into a place where robbers gather!" +\v 13 Then he said to them, "A prophet wrote in the scriptures that God said, 'I want my house to be a place where people pray to me,' but you people have made it into a place where robbers gather!" \p \v 14 After that, many blind people and lame people came to Jesus in the temple in order that he would heal them, and he did so. \s5 -\v 15 The high priests and the men who taught the people the Jewish laws saw the marvelous deeds that Jesus did. They also saw the children shouting in the temple, "We praise the Christ, the descendant of King David!" They were indignant because they did not believe that Jesus was the Christ. -\v 16 They thought that Jesus should not be allowing the children to say that, so they asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these children are shouting?" Then Jesus said to them, "Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the Scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, 'You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.'" +\v 15 The high priests and the men who taught the people the Jewish laws saw the marvelous deeds that Jesus did. They also saw the children shouting in the temple, "We praise the Christ, the descendant of King David!" They were indignant. +\v 16 They asked him, "How can you tolerate this? Do you hear what these people are shouting?" Then Jesus said to them, "Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, 'You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.'" \p \v 17 Then Jesus left the city. The disciples went with him to the village of Bethany, and they stayed there that night. @@ -43,10 +47,10 @@ and sat on the cloaks. \s5 \p \v 18 Early the next morning when they were returning to the city, Jesus was hungry. -\v 19 He saw a fig tree near the road, so he went over to it to pick some figs to eat. But when he got close, he saw that there were no figs on the tree, but only leaves. So he said to the fig tree, "May you never again produce figs!" As a result, the fig tree immediately started to dry up. +\v 19 He saw a fig tree near the road, so he went over to it to pick some figs to eat. But when he got close, he saw that there were no figs on the tree, but only leaves. So he said to the fig tree, "May you never again produce figs!" As a result, the fig tree immediately dried up. \s5 -\v 20 The next day when the disciples saw that the fig tree was completely dead. They were astonished and said to Jesus, "We are astonished that the fig tree has dried up so quickly!" +\v 20 The next day when the disciples saw that the fig tree was completely dead. They were astonished and said to Jesus, "How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?" \v 21 Jesus said to them, "Think about this: If you believe that God has power to do what you ask him to and you do not doubt that, you will be able to do things like what I have done to this fig tree. You will even be able to do marvelous deeds like saying to that hill over there, 'Uproot yourself and throw yourself into the sea,' and it will happen! \v 22 In addition to that, whenever you ask God for something when you pray to him, if you believe that he will give it to you, you will receive it from him." @@ -60,18 +64,18 @@ and sat on the cloaks. \s5 \v 25 Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people?' The chief priests and elders debated among themselves about what they should answer. They said to each other, "If we say, 'It was from God,' he will say to us, 'Then you should have believed his message!' \v 26 But if we say, 'It was from people,' the crowd might react violently against us, because all the people believe that John was a prophet whom God had sent." -\v 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know where John got his authority from." Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who gave me permission to do the things I did here yesterday." +\v 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know where John got his authority from." Then Jesus said to them, "Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who gave me the right to do the things I did here yesterday." \s5 \p -\v 28 Then Jesus said to the chief priests and elders, "Tell me what you think about what I am about to tell you. There was a man who had two sons. He went to his older son and said, 'My son, go and work in my vineyard today!' +\v 28 "Tell me what you think about what I am about to tell you. There was a man who had two sons. He went to his older son and said, 'My son, go and work in my vineyard today!' \v 29 But the son said to his father, 'I will not go!' But later he changed his mind, and he went to the vineyard and worked. \v 30 Then the father approached his younger son and said what he had said to his older son. That son said, 'Sir, I will go and work in the vineyard today.' But he did not go there. \s5 -\v 31 So which of the man's two sons did what their father desired?" They answered, "The older son." Then Jesus said to them, "So think about this: Other people, including tax collectors and prostitutes, whom you say are very sinful—it is more likely that he will agree to rule over them than that he will agree to rule over you. +\v 31 So which of the man's two sons did what their father desired?" They answered, "The older son." Then Jesus said to them, "So think about this: Other people, including tax collectors and prostitutes, whom you say are very sinful—it is more likely that they will enter God's rule from heave than you. \v 32 I say this to you because, even though John the Baptizer explained to you how to live in the right way, you did not believe his message. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed his message, and they turned away from their sinful behavior. In contrast, even though you saw that they changed, you refused to stop sinning, and you did not believe John's message." @@ -95,12 +99,12 @@ and sat on the cloaks. \v 41 The people replied, "He will thoroughly destroy those wicked men! Then he will rent the vineyard to others. They will give him his share of the grapes when they are ripe." \s5 -\v 42 Jesus said to them, "That is right, so you need to think carefully about these words that you have read in the Scriptures: +\v 42 Jesus said to them, "You need to think carefully about these words that you have read in the scriptures: \q 'The men who were building a large building rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone of the building. The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.' \s5 \p -\v 43 So, because you reject me, I am going to tell you this: God will no longer let you Jews be the people over whom he rules. Instead, he will agree to rule over non-Jews, and they will do what he asks them to do. +\v 43 I am telling you this: God will no longer let you Jews be the people over whom he rules from heaven. Instead, he will agree to rule over non-Jews, and they will do what he asks them to do. \v 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will break into pieces, and the stone will crush anyone on whom it falls." \s5 diff --git a/41-MAT/22.usfm b/41-MAT/22.usfm index 3e2f3aca..51c10806 100644 --- a/41-MAT/22.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/22.usfm @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \p \v 1 Then Jesus told the Jewish leaders other parables This is one of those parables: -\v 2 "When God rules everywhere as king, he will be like a king who told his servants that they should make a wedding feast for his son. -\v 3 When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people whom he had invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. The servants went and told the people that. But the people who had been invited did not want to come. +\v 2 "God ruling from heaven is like a king who told his servants that they should make a wedding feast for his son. +\v 3 When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people whom he had invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. The servants went out and told the people. But the people who had been invited did not want to come. \s5 \v 4 So the king sent other servants to again tell those people to come to the feast. He said to those servants, 'Say to the people whom I invited to come to the feast, "This is what the king says to you, 'I have prepared the meal. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered and cooked. Everything is ready. It is time now for you to come to the wedding feast!'"' @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 15 After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him. -\v 16 They sent to him some of their disciples, who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay. They also sent some members of the party that supported King Herod. The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay. Those who were sent came and said to Jesus, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants us to do. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you teach. +\v 16 They sent to him some of their disciples along with those of the Herodian party. Those said to Jesus, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants us to do. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, no matter what kind of person they are. \v 17 So tell us what you think about this matter: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not?" \s5 @@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. They are a Jewish group who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die. They wanted to ask Jesus a question. -\v 24 They said to him, "Teacher, Moses wrote in the Scriptures, 'If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the dead man's widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child will be considered the descendant of the man who died, and in that way the dead man will have descendants.' +\v 23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. They are a Jewish group who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die. They asked Jesus, +\v 24 "Teacher, Moses wrote in the scriptures, 'If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the dead man's widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child will be considered the descendant of the man who died, and in that way the dead man will have descendants.' \s5 -\v 25 Well, there were seven boys in a family living near us. The oldest one married someone. He and his wife did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. But he also died without having a child. +\v 25 There were seven boys in a family. The oldest one married someone. He and his wife did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. But he also died without having a child. \v 26 The same thing happened to the third brother, and also to the other four brothers, who one by one married this same woman. \v 27 Last of all, the woman also died. -\v 28 So, at the time when God will raise people from the dead, which of the seven brothers do you think will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her." +\v 28 So, at the time when God will raise peoplefrom the dead, which of the seven brothers do you think will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her." \s5 -\v 29 Jesus replied to them, "You are certainly wrong in what you are thinking. You do not know what is written in the Scriptures. You also do not know that God has the power to make people alive again. +\v 29 Jesus replied to them, "You are certainly wrong in what you are thinking. You do not know what is written in the scriptures. You also do not know that God has the power to make people alive again. \v 30 The fact is that the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because after God causes all dead people to live again, no one will be married. Instead, people will be like the angels in heaven. They do not marry. \s5 @@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ \v 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the laws that God gave Moses is the most important?" \s5 -\v 37 Jesus quoted the Scriptures as he replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your inner being. Show that you love him in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.' +\v 37 Jesus quoted the scriptures as he replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your inner being. Show that you love him in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.' \v 38 That is the most important commandment in the laws that God gave Moses. \s5 \v 39 The next most important commandment that everyone must surely obey is: 'You must love the people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.' -\v 40 These two commandments are the basis of every law that Moses wrote in the Scriptures and also of all that the prophets wrote." +\v 40 These two commandments are the basis of every law that Moses wrote in the scriptures and also of all that the prophets wrote." @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \s5 \v 43 Jesus said to them, "If the Christ is King David's descendant, then David should not have called him 'Lord' when David was saying what the Holy Spirit told him to say. -\v 44 David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Christ: 'God said to my Lord, "Sit here beside me on my right, where I will greatly honor you, while I put your enemies under your feet."' +\v 44 David wrote this in the scriptures about the Christ: 'God said to my Lord, "Sit here beside me on my right, where I will greatly honor you, while I put your enemies under your feet."' \s5 \v 45 So, since King David called the Christ 'my Lord,' the Christ cannot be just someone descended from David! He must be much greater than David!" diff --git a/41-MAT/23.usfm b/41-MAT/23.usfm index ef2b2bcd..856ca8be 100644 --- a/41-MAT/23.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/23.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 They require you to obey many rules that are difficult to obey. But they themselves do not help anyone obey those rules. It is as if they were tying up very heavy loads and putting them on your shoulders for you to carry. But they will not even move one finger to help you carry them. -\v 5 Whatever they do, they do those things so that other people will see them and admire them. For example, they make extra wide the tiny boxes containing portions of Scripture that they wear on their arms. They enlarge the tassels on their robes to make others think that they honor God. +\v 5 Whatever they do, they do those things so that other people will see them and admire them. For example, they make extra wide the tiny boxes containing portions of scripture that they wear on their arms. They enlarge the tassels on their robes to make others think that they honor God. \s5 \v 6 They want other people to honor them. For example, at dinners they sit in the seats where the most important people sit. In the synagogues they want to sit in the same kind of places. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 But you, my disciples, should not allow people to call you 'Teacher,' as they do other Jewish teachers. I am the only one who is really your teacher. This means that you are all equal to each other, like brothers and sisters. \v 9 Do not honor anyone on earth by addressing him as 'Father,' because God, your Father in heaven, is your only true father. -\v 10 Do not allow people to call you 'teacher,' because I, the Christ, am your only teacher. +\v 10 Do not allow people to call you 'teacher,' because the Christ is your only teacher. \s5 \v 11 Instead, everyone among you who wants God to consider them as important must serve others as servants do. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13-14 Then Jesus said to the religious leaders, "You teachers of the law and you Pharisees, you are hypocrites! How terribly God will punish you, because you keep people from accepting him to rule over them. You are like men who close a gate so that others cannot enter God's city. You yourselves do not want to go in, and you keep others from entering, too." +\v 13-14 "You teachers of the law and you Pharisees, you are hypocrites! How terribly God will punish you, because you refuse to come under the rule of heaven and also keep others out. You yourselves do not want to go in, and you keep others from entering, too." @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 16 "You Jewish leaders, how terribly God will punish you! You are like blind people who try to lead others. You say, 'If someone asks the temple to confirm that he will do something as if the temple were a person, then if he does not do what he promised, it means nothing. But if he asks the gold in the temple to confirm that he will do something, then he must do it.' -\v 17 You are fools, and you are like people who are blind! The gold that is in the temple is important, but the temple is even more important, because it is the temple that makes the gold to be only for God to use. +\v 17 You are fools, and you are like people who are blind! The gold that is in the temple is important, but the temple is even more important, because it is the temple that makes the gold to be only for God. \s5 \v 18 Also you say, 'If someone asks the altar to confirm that he will do something as if the altar were a person, then if he does not do what he promised, it means nothing. But if he asks the gift that he has placed on the altar to confirm that he will do something, then he must do it.' -\v 19 You are like people who are blind. The gift that you put on the altar is important, but the altar is even more important because it is the altar that makes the gift only for God to use. +\v 19 You are like people who are blind. The gift that you put on the altar is important, but the altar is even more important because it is the altar that makes the gift only for God. \s5 \v 20 So those who promise to do something and then ask the altar to confirm that they will do it, they are also asking everything on the altar to do the same thing. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 "You hypocrites, you teachers of the law and you Pharisees, how terribly God will punish you! You make yourselves appear like good people to others. You are like cups and plates that women have washed on the outside, but on these things are dirty on their inside with more food and drink than you will ever need, food and drink that you have taken from others. +\v 25 "You hypocrites, you teachers of the law and you Pharisees, how terribly God will punish you! You make yourselves appear like good people to others. You are like cups and plates that women have washed on the outside, but these things are dirty on their inside with food and drink that you have taken from others. \v 26 You blind Pharisees! First you must stop stealing from others. Then you will be able to do what is righteous. Then you will be like a cup that is clean both outside and in." diff --git a/41-MAT/24.usfm b/41-MAT/24.usfm index 9050da3d..1db1ff55 100644 --- a/41-MAT/24.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/24.usfm @@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 More bad things will happen. People who oppose you will take you away to suffer and die. People who live in all the people groups will hate you because you believe in me. -\v 10 Also, many people will stop believing in me because of the way they will suffer. They will betray their own fellow believers and will hate each other. +\v 10 Also, many people will stop believing because of the way they will suffer. They will betray their own fellow believers and will hate each other. \v 11 Many will come saying that they are prophets, but they will be lying, and they will deceive many people. \s5 \v 12 Because more and more people will disobey God's laws, many believers will no longer love each other. -\v 13 But all those who keep on believing in me to the end of their lives, God will save them. -\v 14 Furthermore, believers will preach the good news about how God is starting to rule over people in every part of the world, in order to announce it to all people groups. Then the end of the world will come." +\v 13 But all those who keep on believing to the end of their lives, God will save them. +\v 14 Furthermore, believers will preach the good news about how God is ruling in every part of the world, in order to announce it to all people groups. Then the end of the world will come." \s5 \p -\v 15 "But before the world ends, the disgusting person who will defile the holy temple and cause people to abandon it will stand in the temple. Daniel the prophet spoke and wrote about that long ago. May everyone who reads this pay attention to me, because I am warning you. +\v 15 "But before the world ends, the disgusting person who will defile the holy temple and cause people to abandon it will stand in the temple. Daniel the prophet spoke and wrote about that long ago. May everyone who reads this pay attention, because I am warning you. \v 16 When you see that happen in the temple, those of you who are in the region of Judea must flee to the higher hills! \v 17 Those who are outside their houses must not go back into their houses to get things before they run away. \v 18 Those who are working in a field should not turn back to get their outer clothing before they flee. @@ -52,52 +52,53 @@ \s5 \p -\v 23-24 "At that time people will appear who will say that they are me, the Christ, or that they are true prophets from God. They will perform many kinds of miracles and amazing things, in order to deceive people. They will even try to deceive you people whom God has chosen. So at that time, if someone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or if someone says, 'There is the Christ!' do not believe it! +\v 23 "At at that time, if someone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or if someone says, 'There is the Christ!' do not believe it! +\v 24 They will perform many kinds of miracles and amazing things, in order to deceive people. They will even try to deceive you people whom God has chosen. \v 25 Do not forget that I have warned you about all this before it happens. \s5 \v 26 So if someone says to you, 'Look, the Christ is in the wilderness!' do not go there. Likewise, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in a secret room!' do not believe that person, -\v 27 because just like lightning flashes from the east to the west and people see it, in the same way, when I, the Son of Man, return again, everyone will see me. -\v 28 When I return, it will be as clear to everyone; it is just like wherever you see vultures gathering, you know that an animal carcass is there." +\v 27 because just like lightning flashes from the east to the west and people see it, in the same way, when the Son of Man returns again, everyone will see. +\v 28 It will be clear to everyone just as when you see vultures gathering you know that an animal carcass is there." \s5 \p -\v 29 "Immediately after people have suffered during that time, the universe will become dark. The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And God will shake all things in the sky loose from their place. +\v 29 "Immediately after people have suffered during that time, the sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And God will shake all things in the sky loose from their place. \s5 -\v 30 After that, everyone will see something in the sky that indicates that I, the Son of Man, am returning to the earth. Then unbelieving people from all people groups on earth will wail because they will be afraid of God punishing them. They will see me, the Son of Man, coming on the clouds with power and great glory as I return to the earth. -\v 31 I will send my angels to the earth from everywhere in the heavens. When they hear the trumpet's loud blast, they will gather together God's people—the ones he has chosen—from across the whole earth." +\v 30 After that, everyone will see the Son of Man appear in the sky. Then unbelieving people from all people groups on earth will wail because they will be afraid. They will see me, the Son of Man, coming on the clouds with power and great glory. +\v 31 He will send his angels to the earth from everywhere in the heavens. When they hear the trumpet's loud blast, they will gather together God's people—the ones he has chosen—from across the whole earth." \s5 \p -\v 32 "Now I want you to learn something from this parable about how fig trees grow. When the branches of a fig tree become tender and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. -\v 33 Similarly, when you see all these things that I have just described happening, you will know that the time for me to return is very close. +\v 32 "Now be sure to learn something from how fig trees grow. When the branches of a fig tree become tender and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. +\v 33 Similarly, when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time for him to return is very close. \s5 -\v 34 Keep this in mind: All of these events will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died. +\v 34 Keep this in mind: All of these events will happen before all the people have died who have observed these things. \v 35 You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. The earth and sky will disappear one day, but what I say will always be true." \s5 \p -\v 36 "But neither I, nor any other person, nor any angel in heaven, knows either the day or the hour when the things that I have told you about will happen. Only God, my Father, knows. +\v 36 "But no other person, nor even any angel in heaven, nor even the Son, knows the day or the hour when these things will happen. Only God the Father, knows. \s5 -\v 37-39 It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, the people did not know that anything bad would happen to them. They were eating and drinking as usual. Some men were getting married, and parents were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah and his family entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all those who were not in the boat. Similarly, the unbelieving people will not know when I, the Son of Man, will return, and they will not be expecting me. +\v 37-39 It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, the people did not know that anything bad would happen to them. They were eating and drinking as usual. Men were getting married, and parents were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah and his family entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all those who were not in the boat. Similarly, the unbelieving people will not know when the Son of Man will return. \s5 -\v 40 When I return, I will not take all people up to heaven. I will take only those who trust in me. For example, two people will be in the fields. One of them will be taken up to heaven and the other person will be left here to be punished. +\v 40 When that happens not all people will be taken up to heaven. For example, two people will be in the fields. One of them will be taken up to heaven and the other person will be left here to be punished. \v 41 Similarly, two women will be grinding grain with a handmill. One of them will be taken up to heaven and the other will be left. -\v 42 So, because you do not know what day I, your Lord, will return to the earth, you need to be ready for me to return at any time. +\v 42 So, because you do not know what day your Lord will return to the earth, you need to be ready all the time. \s5 -\v 43 You know that if the owner of a house knew at what time in the night thieves would come, he would be awake and prevent the thieves from breaking in. Similarly, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief. -\v 44 So you need to be ready for my return, because I, the Son of Man, will return to the earth at a time when you do not expect me to come." +\v 43 You know that if the owner of a house knew at what time in the night thieves would come, he would be awake and prevent the thieves from breaking in. Similarly, the Son of Man will come as unexpectedly as a thief. +\v 44 So you need to be ready because the Son of Man will return to the earth at a time when you do not expect him to come." diff --git a/41-MAT/25.usfm b/41-MAT/25.usfm index 87f3349a..29a41f19 100644 --- a/41-MAT/25.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/25.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 Jesus continued by saying, "When I return from heaven as king, it will be like what happened to ten unmarried girls who got ready to go to a wedding feast. They were to take their lamps and and go wait for the bridegroom to come. +\v 1 "God's rule from heaven will be like what happened to ten unmarried girls who got ready to go to a wedding feast. They were to take their lamps and and go wait for the bridegroom to come. \v 2 Now five of these girls were foolish, and five were wise. \v 3 The foolish girls took their lamps, but they did not take any extra olive oil for them. \v 4 But wise girls took oil in their flasks as well as in their lamps. @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ \v 10 But while the foolish girls were on their way to buy oil, the bridegroom arrived. Then the wise girls, who were ready, went with him into the wedding hall, where the bride was waiting. Then the door was closed. \v 11 Later, the rest of the girls came to the wedding hall, and they called to the bridegroom, 'Sir, open the door for us!' \v 12 But he said to them, 'The truth is that I do not know you, so I will not open the door for you!'" -\v 13 Then Jesus continued by saying, "So, in order that this does not happen to you, keep expecting me to return, because you do not know when it will be." +\v 13 Then Jesus continued by saying, "So, in order that this does not happen to you, stay prepared because you do not know when it will be." \s5 \p -\v 14 "When I return from heaven as king, it will be like a man who was about to go on a long journey. He called his servants together and gave them each some of his wealth to invest and gain more money for him. +\v 14 "When the Son of Man returns from heaven as king, it will be like a man who was about to go on a long journey. He called his servants together and gave them each some of his wealth to invest and gain more money for him. \v 15 He gave them money according to their ability to use it. For example, he gave one servant five bags of gold, he gave another servant two bags, and he gave another servant one bag. Then he left on his journey. \v 16 The servant who had received five bags of gold went immediately and used that money to gain five more bags. @@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 31 "When I, the Son of Man, come again, I will come with all my brilliant light and bring all my angels with me. Then I will sit as king on my throne to judge everyone. -\v 32 Everyone from all the people groups will be gathered in front of me. Then I will separate the people, one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats. -\v 33 I will put the righteous people on my right and the unrighteous ones on my left, just like sheep and goats." +\v 31 "When the Son of Man comes again in his brilliant light and brings all his angels, he will sit as king on his throne to judge everyone. +\v 32 Everyone from all the people groups will be gathered in front of him. Then he will separate the people, one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats. +\v 33 He will put the righteous people on his right and the unrighteous ones on his left, just like sheep and goats." \s5 \p -\v 34 Then I will say to those on my right, 'You people who have been blessed by my Father, come! Come receive all the good things he will give you, for he is now beginning to rule over you completely—things he has been preparing since the time he created the world. +\v 34 Then he will say to those on his right, 'You people who have been blessed by my Father, come! Come receive all the good things he will give you, for he is now giving you the blessings of his rule—things he has been preparing since the time he created the world. \v 35 These things belong to you, because you gave me something to eat when I was hungry. You gave me something to drink when I was thirsty. When I was a stranger in your town, you invited me to stay in your houses. \v 36 When I needed clothes, you gave me some. When I was sick, you took care of me. When I was in prison, you came to visit me.' @@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ \v 38 When were you a stranger in our town and we invited you to stay in our houses? When did you need clothes and we gave you some? \v 39 When were you sick or in prison and we went to visit you? We do not remember doing any of these things for you. \p -\v 40 I will reply, 'The truth is that whatever you did for any one of your fellow believers, even the most unimportant one, you certainly did it for me.' +\v 40 The King will reply, 'The truth is that whatever you did for any one of your fellow believers, even the most unimportant one, you certainly did it for me.' \s5 \p -\v 41 But then I will say to those on my left, 'You people whom God has cursed, leave me! Go into the eternal fire that God has prepared for the devil and his angels! +\v 41 But then he will say to those on his left, 'You people whom God has cursed, leave me! Go into the eternal fire that God has prepared for the devil and his angels! \v 42 It is right for you to go there, because you did not give me anything to eat when I was hungry. You did not give me anything to drink when I was thirsty. \v 43 You did not invite me into your homes when I was a stranger in your town. You did not give me any clothes when I needed them. You did not take care of me when I was sick or in prison.' @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ \p \v 44 They will answer, 'Lord, when were you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and we did not help you?' \p -\v 45 I will reply, 'The truth is that whenever you did not do anything to help any one of my people, even the most unimportant person, it was I for whom you did not do it.' +\v 45 He will reply, 'The truth is that whenever you did not do anything to help any one of my people, even the most unimportant person, it was I for whom you did not do it.' \p \v 46 Then those people on my left will go away to the place where God will punish them forever, but the people good in God's sight will go to where they will live forever with God." diff --git a/41-MAT/26.usfm b/41-MAT/26.usfm index c1e21fae..17d0cc34 100644 --- a/41-MAT/26.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/26.usfm @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ \p \v 1 When Jesus had finished saying all those things, he said to the disciples, -\v 2 "You know that two days from now we will celebrate the Passover festival. At that time someone will hand me, the Son of Man, over to those who will nail me to a cross." +\v 2 "You know that two days from now we will celebrate the Passover festival. At that time someone will hand the Son of Man over to those who will nail him to a cross." \s5 \p \v 3 At the same time the chief priests and the Jewish elders gathered in the home of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas. -\v 4 There they planned how they could arrest Jesus in some tricky way so that they could have him executed. +\v 4 There they planned how they could arrest Jesus in some tricky way so that they could have him executed. \v 5 But they said, "We must not do it during the Passover festival, because if we do it then, the people might riot." @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 6 While Jesus and his disciples were in the village of Bethany, they ate in the home of Simon, whom Jesus had healed of leprosy. -\v 7 During the meal, a woman came into the house. She was carrying a stone jar containing very expensive perfume. She went up to Jesus as he was eating and poured all the perfume on his head. +\v 7 During the meal, a woman came into the house. She was carrying a beautiful stone jar containing very expensive perfume. She went up to Jesus as he was eating and poured all the perfume on his head. \v 8 When the disciples saw that, they were very angry. One of them said, "It is terrible that this perfume was wasted! \v 9 We could have sold it and gotten a lot of money for it! Then we could have given the money to poor people." @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 14 Then Judas Iscariot, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, went to the chief priests. +\v 14 Then Judas Iscariot, even though he was one of the twelve. isciples, went to the chief priests. \v 15 He asked them, "If I enable you to arrest Jesus, how much money are you willing to give me?" They agreed to give him thirty silver coins. So they counted out the coins and gave them to him. \v 16 From that time Judas watched for an opportunity when they could arrest Jesus. @@ -43,31 +43,31 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 On the first day of the week long Festival of Bread with No Yeast, the disciples went to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare the meal for the Passover celebration so that we can eat it with you?" +\v 17 On the first day of the week-long Festival of Bread with No Yeast, the disciples went to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare the meal for the Passover Celebration so that we can eat it with you?" \v 18 Jesus instructed two of the disciples about what they should do. He said to them, "Go into the city to a man with whom I have previously arranged this. Tell him that I, the Teacher, say this: 'The time that I told you about is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover meal with my disciples at your house, and I have sent these two to prepare the meal.'" \v 19 So the two disciples did as Jesus told them. They went and prepared the Passover meal in that man's house. \s5 \p -\v 20 When that evening had come, Jesus was eating the meal with the twelve disciples. +\v 20 When that evening had come, Jesus was eating the meal with the twelve. isciples. \v 21 He said to them, "Listen carefully to this: One of you is going to enable my enemies to arrest me." \v 22 The disciples were very sad. They began to say to him, one after the other, "Lord, it is surely not I!" \s5 \v 23 He replied, "The one who will enable my enemies to arrest me is the one of you who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me. -\v 24 It is certain that I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what the Scriptures say about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who enables my enemies to arrest me! It would be better for that man if he had never been born!" -\v 25 Then Judas, the one who was going to betray him, said, "Teacher, surely it is not I!" Jesus replied, "Yes, you are the one." +\v 24 It is certain that I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what the scriptures say about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who enables my enemies to arrest me! It would be better for that man if he had never been born!" +\v 25 Then Judas, the one who was going to betray him, said, "Teacher, surely it is not I!" Jesus replied, "Yes, you are admitting it." \s5 \p -\v 26 While they were eating, Jesus took a small loaf of bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces, gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this bread and eat it. It is my body." +\v 26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces, gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this bread and eat it. It is my body." \s5 \v 27 Later he took a cup of wine and thanked God for it. Then he gave it to them and said, "Drink from this cup, all of you. \v 28 The wine in this cup is my blood, which will soon flow from my body. This blood will mark the new covenant that God is making to forgive the sins of many people. -\v 29 Note this carefully: I will not drink wine in this way anymore until the time when I drink it with you with a new meaning. That will happen when my Father shows himself as king to everyone." +\v 29 Note this carefully: I will not drink wine in this way anymore until the time when I drink it with you with a new meaning. That will happen when my Father rules completely." \s5 \p @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ \p -\v 31 On the way, Jesus told them, "This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the Scriptures: +\v 31 On the way, Jesus told them, "This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the scriptures: \q 'I will cause men to kill the shepherd, \q and they will scatter all the sheep.' \v 32 But after I have died and become alive again, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there." @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of the twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to arrest him. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was coming with him. The chief priests and elders had sent them. +\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of the twelve. isciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to arrest him. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was coming with him. The chief priests and elders had sent them. \v 48 Judas had previously arranged to give them a signal. He had told them, "The man whom I will kiss is the one you want. Arrest him!" \s5 @@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ \s5 \v 51 Suddenly, one of the men who was with Jesus pulled his sword out of its sheath. He struck the servant of the high priest to kill him, but only cut off his ear. \v 52 Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its sheath! All those who try to kill others with a sword--someone else will kill them with a sword! -\v 53 Do you think that if I asked my Father, he would not immediately send more than twelve armies of angels to help me? -\v 54 But if I did that, what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about what will happen to the Messiah would not be fulfilled." +\v 53 Do you think that if I asked my Father, he would not immediately send more than twelve. rmies of angels to help me? +\v 54 But if I did that, what the prophets have written in the scriptures about what will happen to the Messiah would not be fulfilled." \s5 \p \v 55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd that was seizing him, "It is ridiculous that you have come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit! Day after day I sat in the temple courtyard, teaching the people. Why did you not arrest me then? -\v 56 But all this is happening to fulfill what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about me." Then all of the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away. +\v 56 But all this is happening to fulfill what the prophets have written in the scriptures about me." Then all of the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away. @@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ \s5 \p -\v 59 The chief priests and the rest of the Jewish Council were trying to find persons who would tell lies about Jesus so that they could condemn him to death. +\v 59 The chief priests and the rest of the Jewish council were trying to find persons who would tell lies about Jesus so that they could condemn him to death. \v 60 But even though many people spoke lies about him, they did not find anyone who said anything that was useful. Finally two men came forward \v 61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy God's temple and to rebuild it within three days.'" \s5 \v 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to reply? What do you say about these things that they are saying to accuse you?" \v 63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, "I command you to tell us the truth; you know that the all-powerful God is listening to you: Are you the Christ, the Son of God?" -\v 64 Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say. But I will also say this to all of you: Some day you will see me, the Son of Man, sitting beside Almighty God and ruling. You will also see me coming on the clouds from heaven!" +\v 64 Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say. But I will also say this to all of you: Some day you will see the Son of Man sitting beside Almighty God and ruling. You will also see him coming on the clouds from heaven!" \s5 \p @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ \s5 \v 73 After a little while, the people who were standing there approached Peter and said to him, "It is certain that you are one of those who were with that man. We can tell from your accent that you are from Galilee." \v 74 Then Peter began to proclaim loudly that God should curse him if he was lying. He asked God in heaven to witness that he was telling the truth and said, "I do not know that man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. -\v 75 Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me." And Peter went out of the courtyard, crying because he was very sad about what he had done. +\v 75 Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me." And Peter went out of the courtyard, crying hard because he was so sad about what he had done. diff --git a/41-MAT/27.usfm b/41-MAT/27.usfm index 2a24a390..392d7096 100644 --- a/41-MAT/27.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/27.usfm @@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ \p \v 3 Then Judas, the one who had betrayed Jesus, realized that they had decided that Jesus must die. So was overcome with regret about what he had done. He took the thirty coins back to the chief priests and elders. \v 4 He said, "I have sinned. I have betrayed a man who is innocent." They replied, "That means nothing to us! That is your problem!" -\v 5 So Judas took the money and threw it into the temple courtyard. Then he went away and hanged himself. +\v 5 So Judas took the money and threw it into the temple courtyard. Then he went away and hanged himself. \s5 \p -\v 6 Later the high priests found the coins. They picked them up and said, "This is money that we paid for a man to die, and our law does not allow us to put money like this into the temple treasury." +\v 6 The high priests picked up the coins and said, "This is money that we paid for a man to die, and our law does not allow us to put money like this into the temple treasury." \v 7 So they decided to use that money to buy a field that was called the Potter's Field. They made that field a place where they buried strangers who died in Jerusalem. -\v 8 That is why that place is still called "The field of blood." +\v 8 That is why that place is still called "The Field of Blood." \s5 \v 9 By buying that field, they made come true these words that the prophet Jeremiah had written long ago: "They took the thirty silver coins--that was what the leaders of Israel decided that he was worth-- @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one person who was in prison. He released whatever prisoner the people wanted. -\v 16 At that time there was in Jerusalem a well known prisoner whose name was Barabbas. +\v 15 Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover Celebration to release one person who was in prison. He released whatever prisoner the people wanted. +\v 16 At that time there was in Jerusalem a well-known prisoner whose name was Barabbas. \s5 \v 17 So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which prisoner would you like me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus, whom they call the Christ?" @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ \p \v 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas, and to order that Jesus be executed. \v 21 So when the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?" They replied, "Barabbas!" -\v 22 Pilate was very astonished, and he asked, "So what should I do with Jesus who some of you say is the Christ?" They all answered, "Command that your soldiers crucify him!" +\v 22 Pilate asked them, "So what should I do with Jesus who some of you say is the Christ?" They all answered, "Command that your soldiers crucify him!" \s5 \v 23 Pilate replied, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they shouted even louder, "Have him crucified!" @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \p \v 27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the soldiers' barracks. The whole cohort gathered around him. \v 28 They pulled off his clothes, and pretended he was a king, and they put a bright red robe on him. -\v 29 They took some branches with thorns and wove them to make a crown and put it on his head. They put in his right hand a reed like a staff that a king would hold. Then they knelt in front of him and made fun of him, saying, "Peace be to the king of the Jews!" +\v 29 They took some branches with thorns and wove them to make a crown and put it on his head. They put in his right hand a reed like a staff that a king would hold. Then they knelt in front of him and made fun of him, saying, "Greetings to the king of the Jews!" \s5 \v 30 They kept spitting on him. They took the staff and kept striking him on the head with it. @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 41 Similarly, the chief priests, the men who taught the Jewish laws, and the elders made fun of him. They said things like, -\v 42 "He claims that he saved others from their sicknesses, but he cannot help himself!" "He says that he is the King of Israel. So he should come down from the cross. Then we would believe him!" +\v 42 "He saved others from their sicknesses, but he cannot help himself!" "He says that he is the King of Israel. So he should come down from the cross. Then we would believe him!" \s5 \v 43 "He says that he trusts in God, and that he is the man who is also God. So if God is pleased with him, God should rescue him now!" @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ \s5 \v 51 At that moment the heavy thick curtain that closed off the Most Holy Place in the temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. The earth shook, and some large rocks split open. -\v 52 Some tombs opened up, and the bodies of many people who had honored God became alive again. +\v 52 Tombs opened up, and the bodies of many people who had honored God became alive again. \v 53 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus became alive again, they went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people there. \s5 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ \p \v 62 The next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest. The chief priests and some of the Pharisees went to Pilate. \v 63 They said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive, he said, 'Three days after I die I will become alive again.' -\v 64 So we ask you to order soldiers to guard the tomb for three days. If you do not do that, his disciples may come and steal the body. Then they will tell people that he has risen from the dead. If they deceive people by saying that, it will be worse than the way he deceived people before by saying that he was the Christ." +\v 64 So we ask you to order soldiers to guard the tomb for three days. If you do not do that, his disciples may come and steal the body. Then they will tell people that he has risen from the dead. If they deceive people by saying that, it will be worse than the way he deceived people before." \s5 \v 65 Pilate replied, "You can take some soldiers. Go to the tomb and make it as secure as you know how." diff --git a/41-MAT/28.usfm b/41-MAT/28.usfm index 085801d4..cbf9951c 100644 --- a/41-MAT/28.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/28.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 8 So the women left the tomb quickly. They were afraid, but they were also very joyful. They ran to tell the disciples what had happened. -\v 9 Suddenly, as they were running, Jesus appeared to them. He said, "Peace be to you!" The women came close to him. They knelt down and clasped his feet and worshiped him. +\v 9 Suddenly, as they were running, Jesus appeared to them. He said, "Greetings to you!" The women came close to him. They knelt down and clasped his feet and worshiped him. \v 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid! Go and tell all my disciples that they should go to Galilee. They will see me there." @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 If the governor hears about this, we ourselves will make sure that he does not get angry and punish you. So you will not have to worry." -\v 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been told among the Jews to the very day that I am writing this. +\v 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been told among the Jews to the very day. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 Then Jesus came close to them and said, "My Father has given me all authority over everything and everyone in heaven and on earth. -\v 19 So go, and use my authority to teach my message to people of all people groups so that they may become my disciples. Baptize them to be under the authority of my Father, of me, his Son, and of the Holy Spirit. +\v 19 So go, and use my authority to teach my message to people of all people groups so that they may become my disciples. Baptize them to be under the authority of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. \s5 \v 20 Teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember that I will be with you always, until the end of this age." diff --git a/42-MRK/02.usfm b/42-MRK/02.usfm index 372cbdfc..fb90d2f0 100644 --- a/42-MRK/02.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/02.usfm @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ \v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?" \s5 -\v 17 After Jesus heard what they were asking, he said to the men who taught the Jewish laws, "Healthy people do not need a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick who need a doctor. I did not come to invite those who think they are righteous, but those who know that they have sinned to come to me. +\v 17 After Jesus heard what they were asking, he said to the men who taught the Jewish laws, "Healthy people do not need a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick who need a doctor. I did not come to invite those who think they are righteous to come me, but those who know that they have sinned." \s5 \p diff --git a/42-MRK/04.usfm b/42-MRK/04.usfm index e94649c0..0555838b 100644 --- a/42-MRK/04.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/04.usfm @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Later, when only the twelve disciples and other close followers were with him, they asked him about the parables. +\v 10 Later, when only the twelve disciples and other close followers were with him, they asked him about the parables. \v 11 He said to them, "To you I will explain the message about how God reveals himself as king, but to the others I will speak in parables. \q \v 12 When they see what I am doing, they will not learn. diff --git a/42-MRK/05.usfm b/42-MRK/05.usfm index 61d26abd..eca07b6a 100644 --- a/42-MRK/05.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/05.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion because there are many of us evil spirits in this man." -\v 10 Then the evil spirits fervently kept begging Jesus that he not send them out of the region. +\v 10 Then the evil spirits kept asking Jesus fervently that he not send them out of the region. \s5 \v 11 At the same time, a large herd of pigs was grazing nearby on the hillside. @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \v 41 He took hold of the child's hand and said to her in her own language, "Talitha koum!" That means, "Little girl, get up!" -\v 42 At once the girl got up and walked around. (It was not surprising that she could walk, because she was twelve years old.) When this happened, all who were present were greatly amazed. +\v 42 At once the girl got up and walked around. (It was not surprising that she could walk, because she was twelve. ears old.) When this happened, all who were present were greatly amazed. \v 43 Jesus ordered them strictly, "Do not tell anyone about what I have done!" Then he told them to give the girl something to eat. diff --git a/42-MRK/06.usfm b/42-MRK/06.usfm index d844b009..305521f1 100644 --- a/42-MRK/06.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/06.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \p \s5 -\v 7 One day he called the twelve disciples together, and then he told them that he was going to send them out two by two to teach people in various towns. He gave them power to force evil spirits out from people. +\v 7 One day he called the twelve. isciples together, and then he told them that he was going to send them out two by two to teach people in various towns. He gave them power to force evil spirits out from people. \v 8-9 He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag in which to put supplies, nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take an extra tunic. \s5 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \v 23 He also said to her, "Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it." -\v 24 The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said, and asked her, "What should I ask for?" Her mother replied, "Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!" +\v 24 The girl left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said, and asked her, "What should I ask for?" Her mother replied, "Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!" \v 25 The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she said, "I want you to command someone to cut off the head of John the Baptizer and bring it to me at once on a platter!" \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/08.usfm b/42-MRK/08.usfm index 28579cf6..1cdb7cbd 100644 --- a/42-MRK/08.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/08.usfm @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 22 They arrived in the boat at Bethsaida. People brought to Jesus a blind man and begged him touch the man in order to heal him. -\v 23 Jesus took the hand of the blind man and led him outside the town. Then he put his saliva on the man's eyes, he put his hands on the man and then asked him, "Do you see anything?" +\v 23 Jesus took the hand of the blind man and led him outside the town. Then he spat into the man's eyes, he put his hands on the man and then asked him, "Do you see anything?" \s5 \v 24 The man looked up and then he said, "Yes, I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them clearly. They look like trees!" diff --git a/42-MRK/09.usfm b/42-MRK/09.usfm index 27381815..0ce1b0fe 100644 --- a/42-MRK/09.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/09.usfm @@ -29,20 +29,20 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 They asked Jesus, "Why do the men who teach the our laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before the Messiah comes to earth?" -\v 12-13 Jesus answered them, "It is true that God promised to send Elijah to come first to put everything as it should be. But Elijah has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, as prophets long ago had said they would. But I also want you to consider what is written in the Scriptures about me, the Son of Man. They say that I would suffer much and that people would reject me." +\v 12-13 Jesus answered them, "It is true that God promised to send Elijah to come first to put everything as it should be. But Elijah has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, as prophets long ago had said they would. But I also want you to consider what is written in the scriptures about me, the Son of Man. They say that I would suffer much and that people would reject me." \s5 \p -\v 14 Then Jesus and those three disciples arrived where where the other disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and some men who taught the Jewish laws arguing with them. +\v 14 Then Jesus and those three disciples arrived where the other disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and some men who taught the Jewish laws arguing with them. \v 15 The crowd was very surprised to see him come. So they ran to him and greeted him. \v 16 He asked them, "What are you arguing about?" \s5 \v 17 A man in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son here in order that you would heal him. There is an evil spirit in him that makes him unable to talk. -\v 18 Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it." -\v 19 Jesus replied by saying to those people, "You faithless people! How long must I put up with you! Bring the boy to me!" +\v 18 Whenever the spirit begins to control him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it." +\v 19 Jesus replied by saying to those people, "You faithless people! You test my patience! Bring the boy to me." \s5 \v 20 So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and the boy fell on the ground. He rolled around and foamed at the mouth. @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 33 Then Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum. When they were in the house, he asked them, "What were you talking about while we were traveling on the road?" -\v 34 But they did not reply. They were ashamed to reply because, while they were traveling, they had been arguing with each other about which one of them would be the most important when Jesus became king. -\v 35 He sat down, he called the twelve disciples to come close to him and then said to them, "If anyone wants God to consider him to be the most important person of all, he must consider himself to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone else." +\v 34 But they did not reply. They had been arguing with each other about which one of them was the most important. +\v 35 He sat down, he called the twelve. isciples to come close to him and then said to them, "If anyone wants God to consider him to be the most important person of all, he must consider himself to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone else." \s5 \v 36 Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them, @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 49 "For God will put fire on everyone, just like people put salt on their food. -\v 50 Salt is useful to put on food, but you cannot make it taste salty again if it becomes flavorless. Do good to each other, like salt adds flavor to food." +\v 50 Salt is useful to put on food, but you cannot make it taste salty again if it becomes flavorless. We are to be like salt that adds flavor to food. And live in peace with one another." diff --git a/42-MRK/10.usfm b/42-MRK/10.usfm index 8bf48452..981788a4 100644 --- a/42-MRK/10.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/10.usfm @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 32 Some days later as they continued to travel, Jesus and his disciples were walking on the road that leads up to Jerusalem. Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished and the other people who were with them were afraid. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves. Then he began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him; he said, +\v 32 Some days later as they continued to travel, Jesus and his disciples were walking on the road that leads up to Jerusalem. Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished and the other people who were with them were afraid. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves. Then he began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him; he said, \v 33 "Listen carefully! We are going up to Jerusalem. There the chief priests and the men who teach the laws will arrest me, the Son of Man. They will declare that I must die. Then they will take me to the Roman authorities. \v 34 Their men will ridicule me and spit on me. They will whip me, and then they will kill me. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again!" diff --git a/42-MRK/11.usfm b/42-MRK/11.usfm index 1cd1ce6b..13d29cdf 100644 --- a/42-MRK/11.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/11.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \p \v 1 When Jesus and his disciples came near to Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus called two of his disciples \v 2 and said to them, "Go to that village just ahead of us. As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it to me. -\v 3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Lord needs to use it. He will send it back here with someone as soon as he no longer needs it.' " +\v 3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Lord needs to use it. He will send it back here with someone as soon as he no longer needs it.'" \s5 \v 4 So the two disciples went and found a young donkey. It was tied close to the door of a house, which was beside the street. Then they untied it. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem with them, and then he went into the temple courtyard. After he looked around at everything there, he left the city because it was already late in the afternoon. He returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples. +\v 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem with them, and then he went into the temple courtyard. After he looked around at everything there, he left the city because it was already late in the afternoon. He returned to Bethany with the twelve. isciples. \p @@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 Jesus and his disciples went back into Jerusalem and entered the temple courtyard. He saw people who were selling and buying animals for sacrifices. He chased those people from the temple courtyard. He also overturned the tables of those who were selling temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins. And he overturned the seats of the men who were selling doves for sacrifice. +\v 15 Jesus and his disciples went back into Jerusalem and entered the temple courtyard. He saw people who were selling and buying animals for sacrifices. He chased those people from the temple courtyard. He also overturned the tables of those who were selling temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins. And he overturned the seats of the men who were selling pigeons for sacrifice. \v 16 He would not allow anyone who was carrying anything to sell to go through the temple area. \s5 -\v 17 Then as he taught those people, he said to them, "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'I want my house to be a house where people from all nations can pray,' but you bandits have made it like a cave where robbers hide." +\v 17 Then as he taught those people, he said to them, "It is written in the scriptures that God said, 'I want my house to be a house where people from all nations can pray,' but you bandits have made it like a cave where robbers hide." \v 18 The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws later heard about what he had done. They were planning how they might kill him, but they feared him because they realized that the crowd was amazed at what he was teaching. \v 19 Every evening Jesus and his disciples would leave the city. diff --git a/42-MRK/12.usfm b/42-MRK/12.usfm index 9f9d98ca..08012faf 100644 --- a/42-MRK/12.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/12.usfm @@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ \s5 \v 6 The owner still had one other person with him, his son, whom he loved very much. So he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him. -\v 7 But when the farmes saw his son coming, they said to each other, 'Look! Here comes the owner's son, who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let us kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!' +\v 7 But when the farmers saw his son coming, they said to each other, 'Look! Here comes the owner's son, who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let us kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!' \s5 \v 8 They seized the owner's son and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard. \v 9 So do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it. \s5 -\v 10 Now think carefully about these words, which you have read in the Scriptures: +\v 10 Now think carefully about these words, which you have read in the scriptures: \p "The men who were building the building refused to use a certain stone. But the Lord has put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building! \v 11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it." \p @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \v 23 Now on the day when people will become alive again after they die, whose wife will that woman be? Keep in mind that she had been married to all seven brothers!" \s5 -\v 24 Jesus replied to them, "You are certainly wrong. You do not know what they wrote in the Scriptures about this. You also do not understand God's power to make people alive again. +\v 24 Jesus replied to them, "You are certainly wrong. You do not know the scriptures teach about this. You also do not understand God's power to make people alive again. \v 25 That woman will not be the wife of any of those brothers, because when people become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven. Angels do not marry. \s5 @@ -75,15 +75,11 @@ \v 33 You have also said correctly that we should love God in all that we want and feel, in all that we think, and in all that we do. And you have said correctly that we must love people with whom we come in contact as much as we love ourselves. And you have also correctly said that doing these things pleases God more than offering animals to him or burning other sacrifices." \v 34 Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, "You are close to the point where God will agree to rule over you." After that, the Jewish leaders were afraid to ask him any more questions like that to try to trick him. - - \s5 \p -\v 35 Later, while Jesus was teaching in the temple area, he said to the people, "These men who teach the Jewish laws, they must be wrong when they say that the Christ is merely a human descendant of King David! -\v 36 The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say about the Christ, 'God said to my Lord, "Sit here beside me at my right hand, in the place where I will highly honor you more than anyone else! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies!" ' -\v 37 Therefore, because David himself calls the Christ 'my Lord,' the Christ cannot be just a man who descended from King David! He must be much greater than David!" Many people listened to him gladly as he taught those things. - - +\v 35 Later, while Jesus was teaching in the temple area, he said to the people, "How is it that those who teach the law say—and they are correct in saying—that the Messiah is the son of David? +\v 36 The Holy Spirit caused David to say about the Messiah, 'God said to my Lord, "Sit here beside me at my right hand, in the place where I will highly honor you above everyone else! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies!"' +\v 37 In this Psalm of David he refers to the Messiah as 'Lord.' But how—as the teachers of the law correctly say—can the Messiah also be the son of David?" Many people listened to him gladly as he taught these things. \s5 \p diff --git a/42-MRK/14.usfm b/42-MRK/14.usfm index 359b670d..6577d26a 100644 --- a/42-MRK/14.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/14.usfm @@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 Then Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests to talk about helping them to capture Jesus. He did that even though he was one of the twelve disciples! +\v 10 Then Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests to talk about helping them to capture Jesus. He did that even though he was one of the twelve. isciples! \v 11 When the chief priests heard what he was willing to do for them, they were very happy. They promised that they would give him a large amount of money in return. Judas agreed and began watching for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them. \s5 \p -\v 12 On the first day of the festival that they call Unleavened Bread, when they kill the lambs for the Passover, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover celebration so that we can eat it?" +\v 12 On the first day of the festival that they call Unleavened Bread, when they kill the lambs for the Passover, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover Celebration so that we can eat it?" \v 13 So Jesus chose two of his disciples to prepare everything. He said to them, "Go into Jerusalem. A man will meet you, who will be carrying a large jar full of water. Follow him. -\v 14 When he enters a house, say to the man who owns the house, 'Our teacher wants us to prepare the meal of the Passover celebration so that he can eat it with us his disciples. Please show us the room.' +\v 14 When he enters a house, say to the man who owns the house, 'Our teacher wants us to prepare the meal of the Passover Celebration so that he can eat it with us his disciples. Please show us the room.' \s5 \v 15 He will show you a large room that is on the upper floor of the house. It will be furnished and ready for us to eat a meal in it. Then prepare the meal there for us." -\v 16 So the two disciples left. They went into the city and found everything to be just like he had told them. They prepared the meal for the Passover celebration there. +\v 16 So the two disciples left. They went into the city and found everything to be just like he had told them. They prepared the meal for the Passover Celebration there. \s5 -\v 17 When it was evening, Jesus arrived at that house with the twelve disciples. +\v 17 When it was evening, Jesus arrived at that house with the twelve. isciples. \p @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \v 19 The disciples became very sad and they said to him one by one, "Surely it is not I?" \s5 -\v 20 Then he said to them, "It is one of you twelve disciples, the one who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me. +\v 20 Then he said to them, "It is one of you twelve. isciples, the one who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me. \v 21 It is certain that I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what has been written about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who betrays me! In fact, he would have been better off if he had never been born!" \s5 @@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ \p -\v 27 While they were on their way, Jesus said to them, "They wrote in the Scriptures that God said about me, 'I will kill the shepherd and scatter his sheep.' Those words will come true. You will leave me and run away. +\v 27 While they were on their way, Jesus said to them, "They wrote in the scriptures that God said about me, 'I will kill the shepherd and scatter his sheep.' Those words will come true. You will leave me and run away. \s5 \v 28 But after God makes me alive again, I will go ahead of you to the district of Galilee and meet you there." \v 29 Then Peter said to him, "Perhaps all the other disciples will leave you, but I will not! I will not leave you!" \s5 -\v 30 Then Jesus said to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows two times, you yourself will deny three times that you know me!" -\v 31 But Peter replied strongly, "Even if they kill me, I will never deny that I know you!" And all the other disciples said the same thing. +\v 30 Then Jesus said to him, "The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows two times, you will say about me three times, that you do not know me. +\v 31 But Peter replied strongly, "Even if they kill me, I will say that I do not know you." And all the other disciples said the same thing. @@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ \v 41 Then he went and prayed again. He returned a third time and found them sleeping again. He said to them, "You are still asleep? No more of this! The time for me to suffer is about to begin. Look! Someone is about to enable sinful men to capture me, the Son of Man. \v 42 So get up! Let us go! Look! Here comes the one who is enabling them to capture me!" - - \s5 \p \v 43 While he was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to capture him. A crowd who carried swords and clubs was with him. The leaders of the Jewish Council had sent them. @@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ \s5 \v 47 But one of the disciples who was standing nearby drew his sword. He struck the servant of the high priest with it, but he only cut off his ear. -\v 48-49 Jesus said to them, "It is ridiculous that you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a robber! Day after day I was with you in the temple courtyard teaching the people! Why did you not arrest me then? But this is happening so that what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about me may come true." +\v 48-49 Jesus said to them, "It is ridiculous that you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a robber! Day after day I was with you in the temple courtyard teaching the people! Why did you not arrest me then? But this is happening so that what the prophets have written in the scriptures about me may come true." \p @@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ \s5 \v 57 Finally, some stood up and accused him falsely by saying, -\v 58 "We heard him when he said, 'I will destroy this temple that was built by men, and then within three days I will build another temple without help from anyone else.' " +\v 58 "We heard him when he said, 'I will destroy this temple that was built by men, and then within three days I will build another temple without help from anyone else.'" \v 59 But what some of these men said also did not agree with what others of them said. \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/15.usfm b/42-MRK/15.usfm index 464d8cfa..781da800 100644 --- a/42-MRK/15.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/15.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 Very early in the morning the chief priests met together with the rest of the Jewish Council in order to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards tied Jesus' hands again. They took him to the residence of Pilate, the governor. +\v 1 Very early in the morning the chief priests met together with the rest of the Jewish council in order to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards tied Jesus' hands again. They took him to the residence of Pilate, the governor. \v 2 Pilate asked Jesus, "Do you say that you are the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You yourself have said so." \v 3 Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one person who was in prison. He usually released any prisoner the people requested. +\v 6 Now it was the governor's custom each year during the Passover Celebration to release one person who was in prison. He usually released any prisoner the people requested. \v 7 At that time there was a man called Barabbas who was in prison with some other men. They had committed murder when they rebelled against the Roman government. \v 8 A crowd approached Pilate and asked him to release someone, just as in the past. @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 42-43 When evening was near, a man named Joseph from Arimathea came there. He was a member of the Jewish Council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for when God would show himself as king. Evening was now approaching. It was the day before the Sabbath, a day the Jews called the day of preparation. So he went with courage to Pilate and asked him to permit him to take the body of Jesus down from the cross and bury it immediately. +\v 42-43 When evening was near, a man named Joseph from Arimathea came there. He was a member of the Jewish council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for when God would show himself as king. Evening was now approaching. It was the day before the Sabbath, a day the Jews called the day of preparation. So he went with courage to Pilate and asked him to permit him to take the body of Jesus down from the cross and bury it immediately. \v 44 Pilate was surprised when he heard that Jesus was already dead. So he summoned the officer who was in charge of the soldiers who had crucified Jesus, and he asked him if Jesus had already died. \s5 diff --git a/42-MRK/16.usfm b/42-MRK/16.usfm index 6536491e..42f09058 100644 --- a/42-MRK/16.usfm +++ b/42-MRK/16.usfm @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ \s5 - - - \p \v 9 When Jesus became alive again early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala. She was the woman from whom he had previously forced out seven evil spirits. \v 10 She went to those who had been with Jesus, while they were mourning and crying. She told them what she had seen. \v 11 But when she told them that Jesus was alive again and that she had seen him, they refused to believe it. diff --git a/43-LUK/02.usfm b/43-LUK/02.usfm index 80e4b072..3dc642ac 100644 --- a/43-LUK/02.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/02.usfm @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ l \v 4-5 Joseph also traveled to his family's hometown, along with Mary who was engaged to him and was pregnant. Because Joseph was a descendant of King David, they left the town of Nazareth in the region of Galilee and traveled to the region of Judea, to the town of Bethlehem, which is also known as the city of David. Joseph and Mary went there to be registered in the public record. \s5 -\v 6-7 When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay in a place where visitors usually stayed. So they had to stay in a place where animals slept overnight. While they were there the time came for Mary to give birth and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in wide strips of cloth and placed him in the feeding place for the animals. +\v 6-7 When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay in a place where visitors usually stayed. So they had to stay in a place where animals slept overnight. While they were there the time came for Mary to give birth and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in wide strips of cloth and laid him down where the food was kept for the animals inside the barn. \s5 \p \v 8 That night, there were some shepherds who were taking care of their sheep in the fields near Bethlehem. -\v 9 Suddenly an angel of the Lord God appeared to them. A bright light shone all around them, showing the Lord's glory. So they became very afraid. +\v 9 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to them. A bright light shone all around them, showing the Lord's glory. So they became very afraid. \s5 \v 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! I have come to tell you good news, which will benefit all people and will make you all very happy! @@ -57,12 +57,16 @@ l \s5 \v 27 When Joseph and Mary brought their baby, Jesus, to the temple in order to perform the rituals that God had commanded in his laws, the Spirit led Simeon to enter the temple courtyard. \v 28 Then he took Jesus up in his arms and praised God, saying, -\q1 \v 29 Lord, you have made me content and I can now die in peace according to your promise. +\q1 +\v 29 Lord, you have made me content and I can now die in peace according to your promise. \s5 -\q1 \v 30 I have seen the one whom you sent to save people from their sins, -\q1 \v 31 whom you prepared in the midst of all the peoples. -\q1 \v 32 He will be like a light that will reveal your truth to the Gentiles, and he will bring honor to the Israelite people. +\q1 +\v 30 I have seen the one whom you sent to save people from their sins, +\q1 +\v 31 whom you prepared in the midst of all the peoples. +\q1 +\v 32 He will be like a light that will reveal your truth to the Gentiles, and he will bring honor to the Israelite people. \s5 \p diff --git a/43-LUK/04.usfm b/43-LUK/04.usfm index b2601abd..a100c263 100644 --- a/43-LUK/04.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/04.usfm @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ \s5 \v 25 But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when the prophet Elijah lived, when there was a great famine throughout the country because there had been no rain for three and half years. -\v 26 But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Israelite widows. God sent him to the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon, to help a non-Israelite widow. -\v 27 There were also many Israelite lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a non-Jewish man from Syria." +\v 26 But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Israelite widows. God sent him to the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon, to help a widow. +\v 27 There were also many Israelite lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a man from Syria." \s5 \v 28 When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ \s5 \v 33 That day, there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. The man shouted very loudly, -\v 34 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! We evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!" +\v 34 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! Evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us all? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!" \s5 \v 35 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people and came out of him without harming him. diff --git a/43-LUK/06.usfm b/43-LUK/06.usfm index 9d569e3b..8ae0da5b 100644 --- a/43-LUK/06.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/06.usfm @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 12 One day, some time after that, Jesus went up into the hills to pray. He prayed to God all night there. -\v 13 The next day he summoned all his disciples to come near him. From them he chose twelve men, whom he also called apostles. +\v 13 The next day he summoned all his disciples to come near him. From them he chose twelve men whom he also called apostles. \s5 \v 14 These men were: Simon, to whom he gave the new name, Peter; Andrew, Peter's younger brother; James and his younger brother, John; Philip; Bartholomew; diff --git a/43-LUK/08.usfm b/43-LUK/08.usfm index bfe5faa7..7efa3bce 100644 --- a/43-LUK/08.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/08.usfm @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \p But as Jesus went, many people were crowding around him. \s5 -\v 43 Now in the crowd there was a woman who had been suffering for twelve years from a disease that caused continual bleeding. She had spent all her money to pay doctors to help her, but none of them was able to heal her. +\v 43 Now in the crowd there was a woman who had been suffering for twelve. ears from a disease that caused continual bleeding. She had spent all her money to pay doctors to help her, but none of them was able to heal her. \v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his robe. At once her bleeding stopped. \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK/09.usfm b/43-LUK/09.usfm index c748e199..f17365f9 100644 --- a/43-LUK/09.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/09.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 Now it was getting late in the day, so the twelve disciples came to him and said, "Please send this large crowd of people away so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms to get some food and find places to stay, since we are out here in this isolated place" +\v 12 Now it was getting late in the day, so the twelve disciples came to him and said, "Please send this large crowd of people away so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms to get some food and find places to stay, since we are out here in this isolated place" \v 13 But he said to them, "You must give them something to eat!" They replied, "All we have are five small loaves of bread and two small fish. We could never go buy enough food for all these people!" \v 14 They said this because there were about five thousand men there. Then Jesus said to the disciples, "Tell the people to sit down in groups, with about fifty people in each group." diff --git a/43-LUK/20.usfm b/43-LUK/20.usfm index d8e972c7..2d413745 100644 --- a/43-LUK/20.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/20.usfm @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 41 Later Jesus said to them, "I will show you that when people say that the Christ is only a descendant of King David, they are wrong! -\v 42 David himself wrote in the book of Psalms about the Christ, +\v 42 David himself wrote in the Book of Psalms about the Christ, \q God said to my Lord, \q 'Sit here beside me at my right, where I will highly honor you. \q diff --git a/43-LUK/21.usfm b/43-LUK/21.usfm index cd8cb555..d5417d3d 100644 --- a/43-LUK/21.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/21.usfm @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ \p \v 20 "When you see armies surround Jerusalem, then you will know that they will soon destroy this city. \v 21 At that time those of you who are in the region of Judea must flee to the mountains. And those of you who are in this city must leave. Those of you who are in the nearby countryside must not come into the city. -\v 22 For this will be the time when God will punish this city; when he does, the words in the Scriptures will come true. +\v 22 For this will be the time when God will punish this city; when he does, the words in the scriptures will come true. \s5 \v 23 How terrible it will be for the pregnant women and those nursing their babies in those days, because there will be great suffering in the land, and its people will suffer enormously because God will be angry with them. diff --git a/43-LUK/22.usfm b/43-LUK/22.usfm index 0ea1c9fe..1a77fd8a 100644 --- a/43-LUK/22.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/22.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 3 Then Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot,who was one of the twelve disciples. +\v 3 Then Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples. \v 4 He went and talked with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard about how he might turn Jesus over to them. \s5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 He will show you a large room that is on the upper floor of the house. It will be all set up, with everything ready for guests. Prepare the meal for us there." -\v 13 So the two disciples went into the city. They found everything to be just like Jesus had told them. So they prepared the meal for the Passover celebration there. +\v 13 So the two disciples went into the city. They found everything to be just like Jesus had told them. So they prepared the meal for the Passover Celebration there. \s5 \p @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ \v 29 So now, I will make you powerful officials when God rules everyone, just as my Father appointed me to rule as a king. -\v 30 You will sit and eat and drink with me when I become king. In fact, you will sit on thrones to judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel." +\v 30 You will sit and eat and drink with me when I become king. In fact, you will sit on thrones to judge the people of the twelve. ribes of Israel." \s5 \p @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd of people came to him. Judas, one of the twelve disciples, was leading them. He came up to Jesus to kiss him. +\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd of people came to him. Judas, one of the twelve. isciples, was leading them. He came up to Jesus to kiss him. \v 48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you really kiss me, the Son of Man, in order to hand me over to my enemies?" \s5 @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 66 At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. In this group were the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There they said to him, +\v 66 At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. In this group were the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish council chamber. There they said to him, \v 67 "If you are the Messiah, tell us!" But he replied, "If I say that I am he, you will not believe me. \v 68 If I ask you what you think about the Messiah, you will not answer me. diff --git a/43-LUK/24.usfm b/43-LUK/24.usfm index 5a9d094d..0e90223c 100644 --- a/43-LUK/24.usfm +++ b/43-LUK/24.usfm @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ \v 5 The women were frightened. As they bowed down low to the ground, the two men said to them, "You should not be looking for someone who is alive in a place where they bury dead people! \s5 -\v 6 He is not here; he has become alive again! Remember that while he was still with you in Galilee, he said to you, -\v 7 'They will have to hand me, The Son of Man, over to sinful men. They will kill me by nailing me to a cross. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again.'" +\v 6 He is not here; he has been made alive again! Remember that while he was still with you in Galilee, he said to you, +\v 7 'They will have to hand me, the Son of Man, over to sinful men. They will kill me by nailing me to a cross. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again.'" \s5 \v 8 The women remembered what Jesus had said to them. @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ \s5 \v 25 He said to them, "You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah! \v 26 You should certainly have known that it was necessary that the Messiah should suffer all those things and die, and then enter his glorious home in heaven!" -\v 27 Then he explained to them all the things that the prophets had written in the Scriptures about himself. He started with what Moses wrote and then explained to them what all the other prophets wrote. +\v 27 Then he explained to them all the things that the prophets had written in the scriptures about himself. He started with what Moses wrote and then explained to them what all the other prophets wrote. \s5 \p @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 When they sat down to eat, he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it and gave some pieces to them. \v 31 And then God enabled them to recognize him. But immediately he disappeared! -\v 32 They said to each other, "While we were walking along the road and he talked with us and enabled us to understand the Scriptures, we started thinking that something very, very good was going to happen, although we did not know what. We should not stay here; we should go tell others what happened!" +\v 32 They said to each other, "While we were walking along the road and he talked with us and enabled us to understand the scriptures, we started thinking that something very, very good was going to happen, although we did not know what. We should not stay here; we should go tell others what happened!" \s5 \v 33 So they left immediately and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven apostles and others who had gathered together with them. @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ \v 44 Then he said to them, "I will repeat what I told you while I was with you: Everything that was written about me by Moses and the other prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled!" \s5 -\v 45 Then he enabled them to understand the things that had been written about him in the Scriptures. -\v 46 He said to them, "This is what they wrote: That Jesus the Christ would suffer and die, but on the third day after that he would become alive again. +\v 45 Then he enabled them to understand the things that had been written about him in the scriptures. +\v 46 He said to them, "This is what you can read in the scriptures: That Jesus the Christ would suffer and die, but on the third day after that he would become alive again. \v 47 They also wrote that those who believed in him must preach everywhere that people should turn from committing sin to God, for him to forgive their sins. Christ's followers should preach that message because God sent them to do so. They wrote that they should start preaching it in Jerusalem and then go and preach it to all people groups. \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/01.usfm b/44-JHN/01.usfm index 4bb31658..84aa122d 100644 --- a/44-JHN/01.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/01.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted very kindly toward us. \v 17 Moses proclaimed God's laws to the Jewish people. Jesus Christ was kind to us far beyond what we deserved and taught us true things about God. -\v 18 No one has ever seen God. But God's only Son, Jesus Christ, who is always close to the Father, he has made us know him. +\v 18 No one has ever seen God. But, Jesus Christ, who is himself God, is always close to the Father, and he has made us know him. \s5 \p diff --git a/44-JHN/02.usfm b/44-JHN/02.usfm index d364b932..62e71a6a 100644 --- a/44-JHN/02.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/02.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration. Jesus and his disciples went up to Jerusalem. +\v 13 Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Celebration. Jesus and his disciples went up to Jerusalem. \v 14 There in the temple courtyard he saw men selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons. The animals were sold to those who were making their sacrifices at the temple. He also saw men sitting at tables selling temple money. \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/05.usfm b/44-JHN/05.usfm index 8fb5a5dc..8d5b3a01 100644 --- a/44-JHN/05.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/05.usfm @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ \v 38 The proof that you do not have his word living in you is that you do not trust me, the one he sent. \s5 -\v 39 You carefully study the Scriptures because you think that by studying them you will find eternal life, and those Scriptures tell about me. +\v 39 You carefully study the scriptures because you think that by studying them you will find eternal life, and those scriptures tell about me. \v 40 Yet still you refuse to come to me in order that you might receive everlasting life from me. \s5 diff --git a/44-JHN/06.usfm b/44-JHN/06.usfm index 625be906..8ac68cf3 100644 --- a/44-JHN/06.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/06.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \v 12 When everyone had finished eating, he said to the disciples, "Gather up all the pieces of barley bread that the people did not eat. Do not let anything go to waste." \s5 -\v 13 So they gathered up the pieces from the five barley loaves, and they filled twelve large baskets full from what was left over. +\v 13 So they gathered up the pieces from the five barley loaves, and they filled twelve. arge baskets full from what was left over. \p \v 14 After the people saw the miracle that Jesus had performed in front of them, they said, "Surely he is the Prophet that God has been going to send into the world!" \v 15 Jesus knew what the people were planning; they were about to come and force him to be their king. So he left them and went up the mountain to be by himself. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ \s5 \v 30 So they said to him, "Then perform another miracle to prove who you are so that we can see it and believe that you came from God. What will you do for us? -\v 31 Our ancestors ate manna, just as the Scriptures say: 'God gave them bread out of the heavens to eat.'" +\v 31 Our ancestors ate manna, just as the scriptures say: 'God gave them bread out of the heavens to eat.'" \s5 \p \v 32 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: It was not Moses who gave your ancestors that bread from heaven. No, it was my Father, the same one who is giving you the true bread from heaven. @@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ \s5 \p \v 66 From that time on, many of Jesus' disciples turned back from following him. -\v 67 So he said to the Twelve, "You also do not want to leave me, do you?" +\v 67 So he said to the twelve. "You also do not want to leave me, do you?" \v 68 Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? Only you have the message that allows us to live forever! \v 69 We trust in you, and we know for certain that you are the Holy One whom God has sent!" \s5 -\v 70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve disciples? Yet one of you is a devil!" -\v 71 He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Even though Judas was one of the Twelve, he was also the one who would later betray Jesus. +\v 70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve. isciples? Yet one of you is a devil!" +\v 71 He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Even though Judas was one of the twelve. he was also the one who would later betray Jesus. diff --git a/44-JHN/07.usfm b/44-JHN/07.usfm index c0ab2b22..32c84481 100644 --- a/44-JHN/07.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/07.usfm @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 37 So on the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood up cried out with a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink." -\v 38 Whoever trusts in me, as the Scripture said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" +\v 38 Whoever trusts in me, as the scripture said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" \s5 \v 39 He said this about the Spirit, whom the Father was going to give to those who trusted in him. God had not yet sent the Spirit to live within those who trusted him because Jesus had not yet finished his work, that work which would bring great honor to God by saving his people through his death. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ \p \v 40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, "This truly is the Prophet that we were expecting." \v 41 Others said, "The Christ cannot come from Galilee. -\v 42 Do not the Scriptures say that Christ must come through the descendants of David and that he must be born in Bethlehem, the village that was David's home?" +\v 42 Do not the scriptures say that Christ must come through the descendants of David and that he must be born in Bethlehem, the village that was David's home?" \s5 \v 43 So there was a division of opinion about Jesus. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ \p \v 50 Then Nicodemus spoke. (He was the one who had gone to see Jesus at night to speak with him, and he was one of the Pharisees.) He said to them, \v 51 "Our Jewish law does not permit us to condemn a man before we have listened to him. First, we give him a hearing, and we must learn about what he has done." -\v 52 They replied to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search carefully and read what is written in the Scriptures! You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee." +\v 52 They replied to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search carefully and read what is written in the scriptures! You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee." \s5 \p diff --git a/44-JHN/08.usfm b/44-JHN/08.usfm index 3f1e8773..81ee8de4 100644 --- a/44-JHN/08.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/08.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 21 Jesus also said to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, but it is certain that you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come." -\v 22 His Jewish opponents said among themselves, "Will he kill himself? Is that what he means when he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?" +\v 22 His Jewish opponents said among themselves, "Will he kill himself? Perhaps that is what what he means when he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.'" \s5 \v 23 Jesus continued saying to them, "You are from this earth below, but I am from heaven above. You belong to this world. I do not belong to this world. diff --git a/44-JHN/10.usfm b/44-JHN/10.usfm index 0f22f116..08da14eb 100644 --- a/44-JHN/10.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/10.usfm @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ \v 33 The Jewish opponents replied, "We are wanting to take your life, not because you did any good work, but because you, just a man, are insulting God and are making yourself God!" \s5 -\v 34 Jesus replied to them, "In the Scriptures it is written what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed: 'I have said that you are like gods (with great honor and with power over many).' -\v 35 God said that to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that, and nothing that is in Scripture can be shown to be false. -\v 36 I am the one my Father set apart to completely and only his. He is the one who sent me here into this world. So why are you angry with me for saying that I am equal with God when I said, 'I am the Son of God'? +\v 34 Jesus replied to them, "In the scriptures it is written what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed: 'I have said that you are like gods (with great honor and with power over many).' +\v 35 God said that to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that, and nothing that is in scripture can be shown to be false. +\v 36 I am the one whom my Father chose to send here into this world. So why are you angry with me for saying that I am equal with God when I said, 'I am the Son of God'? \s5 \v 37 If I were not doing the works that my Father told me to do, I would not expect you to believe in me. diff --git a/44-JHN/11.usfm b/44-JHN/11.usfm index 0fe05ca0..863e2ec7 100644 --- a/44-JHN/11.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/11.usfm @@ -102,25 +102,25 @@ \v 46 Nevertheless, some of the others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. \s5 -\v 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the Jewish Council together. They were saying to each other, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many miracles. +\v 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the Jewish council together. They were saying to each other, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many miracles. \v 48 If we allow him to keep doing them, everyone will trust in him and rebel against Rome. Then the Roman army will come and destroy both our temple and our nation!" \s5 \p -\v 49 One of them on the Council was Caiaphas, the high priest for that year. He said to them, "You all know nothing! +\v 49 One of them on the council was Caiaphas, the high priest for that year. He said to them, "You all know nothing! \v 50 Do you not realize that it is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perishes?" \s5 \v 51 He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. \v 52 But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jewish nation only, but also so he could gather into one nation from all the children of God, those who live in other lands everywhere. -\v 53 So from that day forward, the Council began to look for any way to arrest Jesus and put him to death. +\v 53 So from that day forward, the council began to look for any way to arrest Jesus and put him to death. \s5 \p \v 54 Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among his Jewish opponents. Instead, he left Jerusalem and, with the disciples, went to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness and desert region. There he stayed with his disciples for a while. \p -\v 55 Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many worshipers went up from the country and the villages to Jerusalem. They would wash themselves in preparation, to make themselves clean according to the Jewish rules, so that they would be allowed to celebrate the Passover. +\v 55 Now it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Celebration, and many worshipers went up from the country and the villages to Jerusalem. They would wash themselves in preparation, to make themselves clean according to the Jewish rules, so that they would be allowed to celebrate the Passover. \s5 \v 56 The worshipers who came to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival were all looking for Jesus. When they came and stood in the temple, they said to one another, "What do you think? He will not come to the Passover, will he?" diff --git a/44-JHN/12.usfm b/44-JHN/12.usfm index 64344772..6d323485 100644 --- a/44-JHN/12.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/12.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \v 13 So they cut branches from palm trees and went out to welcome him as he came into the city. They were shouting, "Hosanna! Praise God! God bless the One who comes in the Name of the Lord! Welcome, King of Israel!" \s5 -\v 14 When Jesus came near to Jerusalem, he found a young donkey and sat on it, riding into the city. By doing this, he fulfilled what had been written in Scripture: +\v 14 When Jesus came near to Jerusalem, he found a young donkey and sat on it, riding into the city. By doing this, he fulfilled what had been written in scripture: \q \v 15 "Do not be afraid, you who live in Jerusalem. \q Look! Your King is coming. @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 34 Someone in the crowd answered him, "We understand from the Scriptures that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say that the Son of Man will die? Who is this 'Son of Man'?" +\v 34 Someone in the crowd answered him, "We understand from the scriptures that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say that the Son of Man will die? Who is this 'Son of Man'?" \v 35 Jesus answered, "My light will shine on you for just a little longer. Walk in the light while you have my light, or the darkness will overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going! \v 36 Trust in that light while you have the light; then you will belong to the light. diff --git a/44-JHN/13.usfm b/44-JHN/13.usfm index 8c823cad..2554f9e5 100644 --- a/44-JHN/13.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/13.usfm @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \p -\v 18 I am not saying this about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. However, what is written in Scripture must come true: 'The one who ate my food with me as a friend, he has turned against me and treated me like an enemy.' +\v 18 I am not saying this about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. However, what is written in scripture must come true: 'The one who ate my food with me as a friend, he has turned against me and treated me like an enemy.' \s5 \p diff --git a/44-JHN/15.usfm b/44-JHN/15.usfm index 5e898060..94a00d99 100644 --- a/44-JHN/15.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/15.usfm @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ \s5 \v 3 You are already pure because of the message I spoke to you. -\v 4 Remain joined to me, and I will remain joined to you. As the branch cannot bear any fruit on its own, neither can you unless you stay joined to me and depend upon me for everything. +\v 4 Remain joined to me, and I will remain joined to you. As the branch cannot bear any fruit on its own, neither can you bear fruit unless you stay joined to me and depend upon me for everything. \s5 \p -\v 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain joined to me and I remain joined to my Father, you will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing at all. +\v 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain joined to me and I remain joined to you, you will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing at all. \v 6 Everyone who does not stay joined to me and draw his life from me will be thrown away like a dead branch. Those branches are gathered together and thrown into the fire and burned. \v 7 If you stay joined to me and live by my message, you can ask God for anything, and he will do it. diff --git a/44-JHN/17.usfm b/44-JHN/17.usfm index d7cece34..7db10102 100644 --- a/44-JHN/17.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/17.usfm @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ \v 11 I am not staying in the world any longer. However, they are staying in the world. I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe; keep them belonging to yourself by the same power that you gave to me so that they may be united together, just as we are. \s5 -\v 12 While I was with them, I kept them safe and watched over them by your own power. Not one of them was lost, except the one whom you had destined for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold long ago. +\v 12 While I was with them, I kept them safe and watched over them by your own power. Not one of them was lost, except the one whom you had destined for destruction, as the scriptures foretold long ago. \p \v 13 Now I am coming to you, Father. I have said these things while I am here in the world so that I may give them my complete joy. -\v 14 I have spoken your messages to them, and those who are part of this world hate your people because they do not belong to this world. +\v 14 I have spoken your messages to them, and the world has hated them and would not listen to your message. The world hated them because, like me, they do not belong to this world, but they have another home. \s5 \v 15 I am not asking for you to take them out of this world, but instead for you to protect them from the harm that the evil one can do to them. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 As you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. -\v 19 I have given myself completely to you for their sakes so that they can truly give themselves to you. +\v 19 I am giving myself completely to you for their sakes so that they can truly give themselves to you. diff --git a/44-JHN/19.usfm b/44-JHN/19.usfm index 46b3b244..6719de72 100644 --- a/44-JHN/19.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/19.usfm @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 28 A little later, Jesus knew that everything that God sent him to do had now been done, and in order to make come true one final thing that the Scriptures had foretold, he said, "I am thirsty!" +\v 28 A little later, Jesus knew that everything that God sent him to do had now been done, and in order to make come true one final thing that the scriptures had foretold, he said, "I am thirsty!" \v 29 A jar of sour wine stood there, so they took a short branch from a hyssop plant and put a sponge on it, and they dipped in the sour wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth. \v 30 After Jesus drank the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and died. @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ \v 35 The one who saw this bears witness—his testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth—so that you may put your trust in Jesus. \s5 -\v 36 These things happened in order to fulfill what was written in Scripture: "No one will break any of his bones." +\v 36 These things happened in order to fulfill what was written in scripture: "No one will break any of his bones." \p -\v 37 And they fulfilled another Scripture that read: 'They will look on the one whom they have pierced.' +\v 37 And they fulfilled another scripture that read: 'They will look on the one whom they have pierced.' diff --git a/44-JHN/20.usfm b/44-JHN/20.usfm index cd81088b..28d083dc 100644 --- a/44-JHN/20.usfm +++ b/44-JHN/20.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Then the other disciple also went inside; he saw these things and began to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. -\v 9 They still did not understand the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. +\v 9 They still did not understand the scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. \p @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called "The Twin," was not with the other disciples when Jesus came to them. +\v 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called "The Twin," was not with the other disciples when Jesus came to them. \v 25 The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." However, he said to them, "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the holes made by the nails, and unless I put my hand into the gaping wound on his side, I will never put my trust in him." diff --git a/45-ACT/04.usfm b/45-ACT/04.usfm index 3b4e5076..b12dfcc4 100644 --- a/45-ACT/04.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/04.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \p \s5 -\v 5 The next day the high priest called the other chief priests, the teachers of the Jewish laws, and the other members of the Jewish Council, and they gathered together in one place in Jerusalem. +\v 5 The next day the high priest called the other chief priests, the teachers of the Jewish laws, and the other members of the Jewish council, and they gathered together in one place in Jerusalem. \v 6 Annas, the former high priest, was there. Also there were Caiaphas the new high priest, John and Alexander, and other men who were related to the high priest. \v 7 They commanded guards to bring Peter and John into the room, and then they asked Peter and John, "Who gave you power to heal the man that could not walk?" @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the Scriptures speak: +\v 11 Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one of whom the scriptures speak: \q "The stone that the builders threw away has become the most important stone in the building." \v 12 Only Jesus can save us, for God has given no other man in the world to us who can save us from the guilt of our sins!" @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \p -\v 23 After Peter and John left the Jewish council, they went to the other believers and told them everything that the chief priests and Jewish elders had said to them. +\v 23 After Peter and John left the council, they went to the other believers and told them everything that the chief priests and Jewish elders had said to them. \v 24 When the believers heard this, they all agreed as they prayed to God together, "O Lord! You made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them. \v 25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, King David, who served you, to write these words: \q 'Why did the people groups of the world become angry diff --git a/45-ACT/05.usfm b/45-ACT/05.usfm index 99e80630..d792ee02 100644 --- a/45-ACT/05.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/05.usfm @@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ \p -\v 17 Then the high priest and all who were with him--they were all members of the Sadducee group--became very jealous of the apostles. +\v 17 Then the high priest and all who were with him—they were all members of the Sadducee group—became very jealous of the apostles. \v 18 So they commanded the temple guards to arrest the apostles and to put them in the public jail. \s5 -\v 19 But during the night an angel from the Lord God opened the jail doors and brought the apostles outside! Then the angel said -\v 20 to the apostles, "Go to the temple courtyard, stand there, and tell the people all this message of eternal life!" -\v 21 After hearing this, the apostles entered the temple courtyard about dawn and began to teach the people again about Jesus. Meanwhile, the high priest and those who were with him summoned the other Jewish Council members. Together they were all the leaders of Israel. After they had gathered together, they sent guards to the jail to bring in the apostles. +\v 19 But during the night an angel from the Lord God opened the jail doors and brought the apostles outside. Then the angel said +\v 20 to the apostles, "Go to the temple courtyard, stand there, and tell the people all this message of eternal life." +\v 21 After hearing this, the apostles entered the temple courtyard about dawn and began to teach the people again about Jesus. Meanwhile, the high priest and those who were with him summoned the other Jewish council members. Together they were all the leaders of Israel. After they had gathered together, they sent guards to the jail to bring in the apostles. \s5 -\v 22 But when the guards arrived at the jail, they discovered that the apostles were not there. So they returned to the Council and reported, -\v 23 "We saw that the jail doors were very securely locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in to get those men, none of them was inside the jail!" +\v 22 But when the guards arrived at the jail, they discovered that the apostles were not there. So they returned to the council and reported, +\v 23 "We saw that the jail doors were very securely locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in to get those men, none of them was inside the jail." \s5 \v 24 When the captain of the temple guards and the chief priests heard that, they became greatly confused, and they wondered where all these events would lead. @@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ \v 25 Then someone came and reported to them, "Listen to this! Right now the men whom you put in jail are standing in the temple courtyard, and they are teaching the people!" \s5 -\v 26 So the captain of the temple guards went to the temple courtyard with the officers, and they brought the apostles back to the Council room. But they did not treat them roughly, because they were afraid that the people would kill them by throwing stones at them. +\v 26 So the captain of the temple guards went to the temple courtyard with the officers, and they brought the apostles back to the council room. But they did not treat them roughly, because they were afraid that the people would kill them by throwing stones at them. \p -\v 27 After the captain and his officers had brought the apostles to the Council room, they commanded them to stand in front of the Council members, and the high priest questioned them. +\v 27 After the captain and his officers had brought the apostles to the council room, they commanded them to stand in front of the council members, and the high priest questioned them. \v 28 He said to them, "We commanded you not to teach people about that man Jesus! But you have disobeyed us, and you have taught people all over Jerusalem about him! Furthermore, you are trying to make it seem that we are the ones who are guilty for that man's death!" \s5 @@ -82,28 +82,28 @@ \v 32 We tell people about these things that we know happened to Jesus. The Holy Spirit, whom God has sent to us who obey him, is also confirming that these things are true." \s5 -\v 33 When the Council members heard this, they became very angry with the apostles, and they wanted to kill them. +\v 33 When the council members heard this, they became very angry with the apostles, and they wanted to kill them. \p -\v 34 But there was a Council member named Gamaliel. He was a member of the Pharisee group. He taught people the Jewish laws, and all the Jewish people respected him. He stood up in the Council and told the guards to take the apostles out of the room for a short time. +\v 34 But there was a council member named Gamaliel. He was a member of the Pharisee group. He taught people the Jewish laws, and all the Jewish people respected him. He stood up in the council and told the guards to take the apostles out of the room for a short time. \s5 -\v 35 After the guards had taken the apostles out, he said to the other Council members, "Fellow Israelites, you must think carefully about what you want to do to these men. +\v 35 After the guards had taken the apostles out, he said to the other council members, "Fellow Israelites, you must think carefully about what you want to do to these men. \v 36 Some years ago a man named Theudas rebelled against the government. He told people that he was an important person, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all those who had been accompanying him were scattered. So they were not able to do anything that they had planned. \v 37 After that, during the time when they were writing down names of the people in order to tax them, a man named Judas from the region of Galilee rebelled and persuaded some people to follow him. But he was killed, too, and all those who had accompanied him went off in different directions. \s5 \v 38 So now I say this to you: Do not harm these men! Release them! I say this because if the things that are happening now are just something that humans have planned, someone will stop them. They will fail. -\v 39 But if God has commanded them to do these things, you will not be able to stop them, because you will find out that you are working against God!" The other members of the Council accepted what Gamaliel said. +\v 39 But if God has commanded them to do these things, you will not be able to stop them, because you will find out that you are working against God!" The other members of the council accepted what Gamaliel said. \s5 -\v 40 They told the temple guards to bring the apostles and beat them. So the guards brought them into the Council room and beat them. Then the Council members commanded them not to speak to people about Jesus any more, and they released the apostles. +\v 40 They told the temple guards to bring the apostles and beat them. So the guards brought them into the council room and beat them. Then the council members commanded them not to speak to people about Jesus any more, and they released the apostles. \p -\v 41 So the apostles went out from the Council. They were rejoicing because they knew God had honored them by letting people disgrace them because they were following Jesus. +\v 41 So the apostles went out from the council. They were rejoicing because they knew God had honored them by letting people disgrace them because they were following Jesus. \v 42 Every day after that, the apostles went to the temple area and to various people's houses, and they continued teaching people and telling them that Jesus is the Christ. diff --git a/45-ACT/06.usfm b/45-ACT/06.usfm index 1c99b9a4..e98e7980 100644 --- a/45-ACT/06.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/06.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 2 So, after the twelve apostles had heard what they were saying, they summoned all the other believers in Jerusalem to meet together. Then the apostles said to them, "We would not be doing right if we stopped preaching and teaching God's message in order to distribute food to people! +\v 2 So, after the twelve apostles had heard what they were saying, they summoned all the other believers in Jerusalem to meet together. Then the apostles said to them, "We would not be doing right if we stopped preaching and teaching God's message in order to distribute food to people! \v 3 So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom you know that the Spirit of God directs and who are very wise. Then we will instruct them to do this work. \v 4 As for us, we will keep on using our time to pray and to preach and teach the message about Jesus." @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ \v 11 So they secretly persuaded some men to falsely accuse Stephen. Those men said, "We heard him say bad things about Moses and God." \s5 -\v 12 So they made the other Jewish people angry at Stephen, including the elders and the teachers of the Jewish laws. Then they all seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council. +\v 12 So they made the other Jewish people angry at Stephen, including the elders and the teachers of the Jewish laws. Then they all seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish council. \v 13 They also brought in some men who accused him falsely. These men said, "This fellow keeps saying bad things about this holy temple and about the laws that Moses received from God. \v 14 What we mean is that we have heard him say that this Jesus from the town of Nazareth will destroy this temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses taught our ancestors." \p -\v 15 All the people in the Council room stared at Stephen and saw that his face resembled the face of an angel. +\v 15 All the people in the council room stared at Stephen and saw that his face resembled the face of an angel. diff --git a/45-ACT/07.usfm b/45-ACT/07.usfm index 6b262b08..0f45b135 100644 --- a/45-ACT/07.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/07.usfm @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 You know that Jacob's older sons became jealous because their father favored their younger brother Joseph. So they sold him to merchants, who took him to Egypt, where he became a slave. But God helped Joseph; -\v 10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise, and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule over Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh's property . +\v 10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise, and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule over Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh's property. \s5 \p diff --git a/45-ACT/08.usfm b/45-ACT/08.usfm index 47a7355a..5412d4e1 100644 --- a/45-ACT/08.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/08.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 8 \p \v 1-2 Then some men who revered God buried Stephen's body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. -\p On that same day people started severely persecuting the believers who were living in Jerusalem. So most of the believers fled to other places throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria. The apostles were the only believers who remained in Jerusalem. +\p On that same day people started severely persecuting the believers who were living in Jerusalem. So most of the believers fled to other places throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria. The apostles remained in Jerusalem. \v 3 While they were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving that they should kill Stephen. So Saul also began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women who believed in Jesus, and then he put them into prison. \s5 @@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ \v 31 He answered Philip, "No! I cannot possibly understand it if there is no one to explain it to me!" Then the man said to Philip, "Please come up and sit beside me." \s5 -\v 32 The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: "He was silent like a sheep when people lead it away to kill it. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off, he does not speak. +\v 32 The part of the scriptures that the official was reading was this: "He was silent like a sheep when people lead it away to kill it. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off, he does not speak. \q \v 33 He will be humiliated and not receive justice. No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed." \s5 \p \v 34 The official asked Philip concerning these words that he was reading, "Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? Was he writing about himself or about someone else?" -\v 35 So Philip replied to him; he began with that Scripture passage, and he told him the good message about Jesus. +\v 35 So Philip replied to him; he began with that scripture passage, and he told him the good message about Jesus. \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/09.usfm b/45-ACT/09.usfm index 465cd602..a8462ec5 100644 --- a/45-ACT/09.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/09.usfm @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \p \v 20 Right away he began to preach about Jesus in the Jewish synagogues. He told them that Jesus is the Son of God. \v 21 All the people who heard him preach were amazed. Some of them were saying, "We can hardly believe that this is the same man who pursued the believers in Jerusalem and who has come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests in Jerusalem!" -\v 22 But God enabled Saul to preach to many people even more convincingly. He was proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think how to disprove what he said. +\v 22 But God enabled Saul to preach to many people even more convincingly. He was proving from the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think how to disprove what he said. \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/13.usfm b/45-ACT/13.usfm index 07a328a1..9a030833 100644 --- a/45-ACT/13.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/13.usfm @@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ \s5 \p "After that, God chose people to serve as judges and as leaders to rule the Israelite people. Those leaders continued to rule our people, and the prophet Samuel was the last judge to rule them. \v 21 Then, while Samuel was still their leader, the people demanded that he choose a king to rule them. So God chose Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king. He ruled them for forty years. -\v 22 After God had rejected Saul from being king, he chose David to be their king. God said about him, 'I have seen that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man who desires what I desire. He will do everything that I want him to do.' " +\v 22 After God had rejected Saul from being king, he chose David to be their king. God said about him, 'I have seen that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man who desires what I desire. He will do everything that I want him to do.'" \s5 \p \v 23 "From among David's descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to us Israelite people to save us, just as he had promised David and our other ancestors that he would do. \v 24 Before Jesus began his work, John the Baptizer preached to all of our Israelite people who came to him. He told them that they should turn away from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them. Then he would baptize them. -\v 25 When John was about to finish the work that God gave him to do, he was saying, 'Do you think that I am the Messiah whom God promised to send? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will soon come. He is so much greater than I am that I am not even important enough to take the sandals off of his feet.' " +\v 25 When John was about to finish the work that God gave him to do, he was saying, 'Do you think that I am the Messiah whom God promised to send? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will soon come. He is so much greater than I am that I am not even important enough to take the sandals off of his feet.'" \s5 \p @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ \s5 \v 46 Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said to those Jewish leaders, "We had to speak the message from God about Jesus to you Jews first before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But you are rejecting God's message. By doing that, you have shown that you are not worthy of eternal life. Therefore, we are leaving you, and now we will go to the non-Jewish people to tell them the message from God. -\v 47 We are doing this also because the Lord God has commanded us to do it. He said in the Scriptures, +\v 47 We are doing this also because the Lord God has commanded us to do it. He said in the scriptures, \q 'I have chosen you to reveal things about me to non-Jewish people that will be like a light to them. I have chosen you to tell people everywhere in the world the message that I want to save them.'" \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/17.usfm b/45-ACT/17.usfm index 2e7d97db..5aa7db53 100644 --- a/45-ACT/17.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/17.usfm @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ \p \v 1 They traveled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to the city of Thessalonica. There was a Jewish meeting place there. -\v 2 On the sabbath Paul went to the meeting place as he usually did. For three weeks he went there on each sabbath day. He spoke to the people about how the Scriptures said that Jesus would be the Christ. +\v 2 On the sabbath Paul went to the meeting place as he usually did. For three weeks he went there on each sabbath day. He spoke to the people about how the scriptures said that Jesus would be the Christ. \s5 -\v 3 He showed from the Scriptures that the prophets wrote that the Messiah would have to die and come alive again. He said, "This man Jesus is the Christ. He died and became alive again, just like the prophets said he would." +\v 3 He showed from the scriptures that the prophets wrote that the Messiah would have to die and come alive again. He said, "This man Jesus is the Christ. He died and became alive again, just like the prophets said he would." \v 4 Some of the Jews there believed what Paul had said and began to meet with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people and important women who worshiped God who also believed the message about Jesus, and they also began to meet with Paul and Silas. \s5 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \p \v 10 So that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas out of Thessalonica to the town of Berea. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place. -\v 11 Most of the Jews in Thessalonica had not been willing to listen to God's message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened closely to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the Scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about Jesus was true. +\v 11 Most of the Jews in Thessalonica had not been willing to listen to God's message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened closely to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about Jesus was true. \v 12 Because of Paul's teaching, many of the Jewish people believed in Jesus, and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men believed in him. \s5 diff --git a/45-ACT/18.usfm b/45-ACT/18.usfm index b49db86b..bb623faf 100644 --- a/45-ACT/18.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/18.usfm @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ \p -\v 24 While Paul was going through Galatia and Phrygia, a Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was from the city of Alexandria and spoke very well about the Scriptures. +\v 24 While Paul was going through Galatia and Phrygia, a Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was from the city of Alexandria and spoke very well about the scriptures. \v 25 Other believers had taught Apollos how the Lord Jesus wanted people to live, and he enthusiastically taught those things to the people. However, he was not teaching everything about Jesus, because he only knew about the baptism of John the Baptizer. \v 26 Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there about the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what he taught, they asked him to come to their home where they taught him more about Jesus. @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \p \v 27 When Apollos decided that he would like to go to the region of Achaia, the believers in Ephesus told him that it would be good for him to do that. So they wrote a letter to the believers in Achaia saying that they should welcome Apollos. After he got there, he helped those whom God had kindly enabled to believe in Jesus. -\v 28 Apollos was talking very powerfully with the leaders of the Jews while many other people listened. By reading from the Scriptures, he was able to show them that Jesus was the Messiah. +\v 28 Apollos was talking very powerfully with the leaders of the Jews while many other people listened. By reading from the scriptures, he was able to show them that Jesus was the Messiah. diff --git a/45-ACT/19.usfm b/45-ACT/19.usfm index 231720bb..2efd81fd 100644 --- a/45-ACT/19.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/19.usfm @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \p \v 8 For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place in Ephesus on each Sabbath and taught and persuaded people about Jesus and how God would show himself as king. \v 9 But some of the Jews would not believe the message and did not want to to hear it any more. They said many bad things about what Paul was teaching. So Paul left them and took the believers with him to meet in the meeting place of Tyrannus. -\v 10 For two years Paul taught people there. In this way, most of the Jews and non-Jews who lived in the region of Asia and he heard the message about the Lord Jesus. +\v 10 For two years Paul taught people there. In this way, most of the Jews and non-Jews who lived in the region of Asia heard the message about the Lord Jesus. \s5 \p diff --git a/45-ACT/22.usfm b/45-ACT/22.usfm index 0bfe7a6e..01f7b009 100644 --- a/45-ACT/22.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/22.usfm @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 "I am a Jew, as are all of you. I was born in the city of Tarsus , in the province of Cilicia, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. When I was young, I learned the laws that Moses gave to our ancestors. Gamaliel was my teacher. I obeyed those laws because I have wanted to obey God, and I am sure that all of you also obey those laws. \v 4 That is why I tried to arrest those who believed the message of God about Jesus. I looked for ways to kill them. Whenever I found men or women who believed the message, I had them thrown into jail. -\v 5 The high priest knows this, and so do the other men who belong to our Jewish Council. They gave me letters to take to their fellow Jews in the city of Damascus. Those letters gave me power to go there and arrest people who believed in Jesus. I was then to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem, so that they would be punished here. +\v 5 The high priest knows this, and so do the other men who belong to our Jewish council. They gave me letters to take to their fellow Jews in the city of Damascus. Those letters gave me power to go there and arrest people who believed in Jesus. I was then to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem, so that they would be punished here. \s5 \p @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \p -\v 30 The commander still wanted to know why the Jews were accusing Paul. So the next day he told the soldiers to take the chains off Paul. He also called the chief priests and the other Jewish Council members to meet. Then he took Paul to where the Council was meeting and told him to stand before them. +\v 30 The commander still wanted to know why the Jews were accusing Paul. So the next day he told the soldiers to take the chains off Paul. He also called the chief priests and the other council members to meet. Then he took Paul to where the council was meeting and told him to stand before them. diff --git a/45-ACT/23.usfm b/45-ACT/23.usfm index 4b20c8b6..22120928 100644 --- a/45-ACT/23.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/23.usfm @@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ \p -\v 6 Paul knew that some of the Council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees. So he called out in the Council hall, "My fellow Jews, I am a Pharisee, like my father was. I have been put on trial here because I am sure that one day God will cause those who have died to become alive again." +\v 6 Paul knew that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees. So he called out in the council hall, "My fellow Jews, I am a Pharisee, like my father was. I have been put on trial here because I am sure that one day God will cause those who have died to become alive again." \v 7 When he said that, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to argue with one another about whether or not people who have died will become alive again. \v 8 The Sadducees believe that after people die, they will not become alive again. They also believe that there are no angels and no other kinds of spirits. But the Pharisees believe all these things. \s5 \v 9 So they were divided, and they began shouting at one another as they argued. Some of the teachers of the laws who were Pharisees stood up. One of them said, "We think that this man has done nothing wrong. Maybe an angel or some other spirit spoke to him and what he says is true." -\v 10 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees became violent with one another. So the commander was afraid that they would tear Paul to pieces. He told soldiers to go down from the prison and take Paul away from the Council members and bring him up into the barracks. +\v 10 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees became violent with one another. So the commander was afraid that they would tear Paul to pieces. He told soldiers to go down from the prison and take Paul away from the council members and bring him up into the barracks. \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 They went to the chief priests and Jewish elders and told them, "God has heard us promise that we will not eat or drink anything until we have killed Paul. -\v 15 So we request that you go to the commander and ask him, on behalf of the whole Jewish Council, to bring Paul down to us. Tell the commander that you want to talk to Paul some more. We will be waiting to kill Paul while he is on the way here." +\v 15 So we request that you go to the commander and ask him, on behalf of the whole Jewish council, to bring Paul down to us. Tell the commander that you want to talk to Paul some more. We will be waiting to kill Paul while he is on the way here." \s5 @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ \v 19 The commander took the young man by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, "What do you need to tell me?" \s5 -\v 20 He said, "There are some Jews who want to bring Paul before their Council tomorrow. They will say that they want to ask him some more questions. But that is not true. -\v 21 Do not do what they ask you to do, because there are more than forty Jewish men who will be hiding and waiting to kill Paul when he passes by on the way to the Council. They even promised to God that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed Paul. They are ready to do it, and right now they are waiting for you to agree to do what they are asking you to do." +\v 20 He said, "There are some Jews who want to bring Paul before their council tomorrow. They will say that they want to ask him some more questions. But that is not true. +\v 21 Do not do what they ask you to do, because there are more than forty Jewish men who will be hiding and waiting to kill Paul when he passes by on the way to the council. They even promised to God that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed Paul. They are ready to do it, and right now they are waiting for you to agree to do what they are asking you to do." \s5 \v 22 The commander said to the young man, "Do not tell anyone that you have told me about their plan." Then he sent the young man away. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ \v 27 I have sent you this man, Paul, because certain Jews seized him and were about to kill him. But I heard someone tell me that he is a Roman citizen, so I and my soldiers went and rescued him. \s5 -\v 28 I wanted to know what those Jews were saying that he had done wrong, so I took him to their Jewish Council. +\v 28 I wanted to know what those Jews were saying that he had done wrong, so I took him to their Jewish council. \v 29 I listened while they asked this man questions and he answered them. The things they accused him about had to do with their Jewish laws. But Paul has not disobeyed any of our Roman laws. So our officials should not execute him or even put him in prison. \v 30 Someone told me that some Jews were planning to kill this man, so I sent him to you, so that you may give him a fair trial there. I have also commanded the Jews who have accused him to go there to Caesarea and tell you what they are accusing him about. Goodbye." diff --git a/45-ACT/24.usfm b/45-ACT/24.usfm index a256d37c..e63e3596 100644 --- a/45-ACT/24.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/24.usfm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ \v 19 But it was those Jews who caused the people to riot. They should be here in front of you to accuse me, if they think that I did something wrong. \s5 -\v 20 But if they do not want to do that, these Jewish men who are here should tell you what they think I did that was wrong when I defended myself in their Council. +\v 20 But if they do not want to do that, these Jewish men who are here should tell you what they think I did that was wrong when I defended myself in their council. \v 21 They might say that I did something wrong when I shouted, 'You are judging me today because I believe that God will cause all people who have died to become alive again.'" \s5 diff --git a/46-ROM/01.usfm b/46-ROM/01.usfm index d4b01416..f01d589d 100644 --- a/46-ROM/01.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/01.usfm @@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, who serve Christ Jesus, am writing this letter to all of you believers in the city of Rome. God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me in order that I should proclaim the good news that comes from him. +\v 1 I, Paul, who serves Christ Jesus, am writing this letter to all of you believers in the city of Rome. God chose me to be an apostle, and he appointed me in order that I should proclaim the good news that comes from him. \v 2 Long before Jesus came to earth, God promised that he would reveal this good news by means of what his prophets wrote in the sacred scriptures. \v 3 This good news is about his Son. As to his Son's physical nature, he was born a descendant of King David. \s5 \v 4 As to his divine nature, it was powerfully shown that he is God's own Son. God showed this when his Holy Spirit caused him to become alive again after he died. He is Jesus Christ our Lord. -\v 5 He has shown us great kindness and appointed us to be apostles. He did that in order that many among the non-Jewish people groups would believe in him and obey him. +\v 5 He has shown us great kindness and appointed us to be apostles. He did that in order that many among all the people groups would believe in him and obey him. \v 6 You believers who are living in Rome are included among those whom God has chosen to belong to Jesus Christ. \s5 -\v 7 I am writing this letter to all of you whom God loves and whom he has chosen to become his people. I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord may continue to act kindly toward you and will continue to cause you to have peace. +\v 7 I am writing this letter to all of you in Rome whom God loves and whom he has chosen to become his people. I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord may continue to act kindly toward you and will continue to cause you to have peace. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 My fellow believers, many times I planned to visit you. I certainly want you to know that. But I have not been able to come to you because something has always stopped me. I have wanted to come in order that more people among you might trust in Jesus, just as in other places among the non-Jews. -\v 14 I feel obliged to proclaim the good news to all non-Jewish people, to those who speak Greek and to those who do not, to people who are educated and to those who are uneducated. +\v 14 I feel obliged to proclaim the good news to all non-Jewish people, to those who speak Greek and to those who do not, to people who are smart and to those who are unintelligent. \v 15 As a result, what I have eagerly desired is that I might proclaim this good news to you who are living in Rome also. \s5 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 God in heaven makes it clear that he is angry with everyone who shows no respect for him and who does wicked things. He shows them that they deserve for him to punish them. Because they do wicked things, they also keep other people from knowing what is true about God. +\v 18 God in heaven makes it clear that he is angry with all who show no respect for him and who do wicked things. He shows them that they deserve for him to punish them. Because they do wicked things, they also keep other people from knowing what is true about God. \p @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 26 So God allowed the non-Jews to do shameful sexual things that they strongly desired. As a result, many women began sleeping with other women—something that goes against nature. -\v 27 Similarly, many men stopped having natural relationships and sleeping with women. Instead, they slept with other men—something that is shameful to do. They committed homosexual acts with other men, acts that were shameful. As a result, God has punished them by sicknesses in their bodies, which is what they deserve. +\v 27 Similarly, many men stopped having natural relationships and sleeping with women. Instead, they slept with other men—something that is shameful to do. They committed homosexual acts with other men, acts that were shameful. As a result, they were punished by sicknesses in their bodies, which is what they deserve. @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ \v 28 Furthermore, because they decided that it was not worthwhile to know God, he allowed their own worthless thoughts to completely control them. As a result, they began doing evil things that no one should do. \s5 -\v 29 They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous deeds. They strongly desire to do all kinds of evil things to others. They strongly desire to take things that belong to others. They strongly desire to harm others in various ways. Many are constantly envying other people. Many constantly desire to murder people. Many constantly desire to cause arguments and quarrels between people. Many constantly desire to deceive others. Many constantly desire to speak hatefully about others. -\v 30 Many say evil things about others. Many slander others. Many act especially hatefully toward God. Many act violently toward others. Many treat others contemptuously. Many boast about themselves to others. Many invent new ways to do evil deeds. Many children disobey their parents. -\v 31 Many act in other foolish ways that offend God. Many do not do what they promised others that they would do. Many do not even love their own family members. And many do not act mercifully toward other people. +\v 29 They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous deeds and evil things to others and take things that belong to others and harm others in various ways. Many constantly envy other people and desire to murder people and to cause arguments and quarrels between people and deceive others and speak hatefully about others. +\v 30 Many say evil things about others and slander others. Many act especially hatefully toward God and violently toward others and treat others contemptuously and boast about themselves to others and invent new ways to do evil deeds. Many children disobey their parents. +\v 31 Many act in other foolish ways that offend God and do not do what they promised others that they would do and do not even love their own family members and do not act mercifully toward other people. \s5 \v 32 Although they know that God has declared that those who do such things deserve to be killed, they not only do these kinds of evil things, but they also approve of others who do them. diff --git a/46-ROM/02.usfm b/46-ROM/02.usfm index f1d1b538..e3bb611a 100644 --- a/46-ROM/02.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/02.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1 God will severely punish people who do things that he has forbidden. God has spoken with very clear words that he is angry with those who sin against him. So when God judges people, he will not excuse anyone. You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you. Because when you demand that God punish others who did what he hates, you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done. +\v 1 You may say that God must punish people for doing what he hates. But when you say that, you are really saying that God should punish you because you also have lived the same kind of life. You did the same things they have done. \v 2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly people who do such evil deeds. \s5 @@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ \p -\v 12 Although non-Jews do not have the laws that God gave to Moses, all non-Jews who sin will be apart from God forever. He will not consider whether or not they knew the laws that he gave to Moses. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to it. +\v 12 Although non-Jews do not have the laws that God gave to Moses and still sin without having a law, God will bring them to ruin forever. And he will also punish all the Jews who have disobeyed his law, because he will judge them according to what the law says. \s5 -\v 13 It is right for God to punish them because it is not those who merely know God's laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed all of God's law whom God will consider righteous. -\v 14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the law of God, freely obey those laws, they prove that they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not actually have the laws that God gave to Moses. +\v 13 It is right for God to punish them because it is not those who know about God's laws that he makes righteous. Only those who have obeyed all of God's law, they are the only ones God makes righteous. +\v 14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the law of God, follow those laws because they obeyed them by the light of nature, they prove that they have a law within themselves, even though they never had the laws that God gave to Moses. \s5 \v 15 They show that they know in their own minds what God commands in his law, for each person in his very own conscience either accuses himself of bad behavior or defends himself. -\v 16 God will punish them at the time when he will judge people according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them even for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by authorizing Christ Jesus to judge them. This is what I tell people when I preach the good news to them. +\v 16 God will punish them at the time when he will judge people according to what they have thought and done secretly. He will judge people by authorizing Christ Jesus to judge them. This is what I tell people when I preach the good news to them. @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ \v 17 Now I have something to say to anyone of you Jews to whom I am writing: You trust that God will save you because you know the laws that he gave to Moses. You boast that you belong to God. \v 18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught God's laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them. \v 19 You are certain that you are able to show God's truth to non-Jews, and that you can instruct those who know nothing about God. -\v 20 You are certain that you can instruct those who believe foolish things about God and those who are like children because they know nothing about him at all. You are certain about all this because you have in the law what teaches you truly about God. +\v 20 You are certain that you can instruct those who believe foolish things about God and those who are like children because they know nothing about him at all. You are certain about all this because you have the law that teaches you truly about God. \s5 \v 21 Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew, it is disgusting that you teach others but do not obey the laws yourself! You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! @@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ \s5 \v 23 You who boast saying, "I have God's laws," it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! As a result you are insulting God! -\v 24 You must not be like our ancestors, about whom were written these words in the scriptures: "The non-Jews speak evil about God because of the evil actions of you Jews." The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he tolerates the behavior of people like you. +\v 24 You must not be like our ancestors, about whom were written these words in the scriptures: "The non-Jews speak evil about God because of the evil actions of you Jews." \s5 \p -\v 25 Any one of you who is circumcised to show that he belong to God can benefit from that if he obeys the law that he gave to Moses. But if you, a circumcised person, disobey the law, God will consider you to be no better in God's sight than someone who is not circumcised. +\v 25 Any one of you who is circumcised to show that he belongs to God can benefit from that if he obeys the law that he gave to Moses. But if you, a circumcised person, disobey the law, God will consider you to be no better in God's sight than someone who is not circumcised. \v 26 This means that God will certainly consider that even non-Jews who are not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. \v 27 These people, who are not circumcised but who still obey God's laws, will declare that God is right when he punishes you, for you are circumcized but still break the law. diff --git a/46-ROM/03.usfm b/46-ROM/03.usfm index d98acfca..9a90cd6d 100644 --- a/46-ROM/03.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/03.usfm @@ -5,29 +5,29 @@ \p -\v 1 Someone may object to this, saying, "If being circumcised does not cause God to accept us Jews, there is no advantage in being a Jew over being a non-Jew. Being circumcised does not benefit us Jews at all!" -\v 2 I would reply that being Jews benefits us in many ways. First of all, it benefits us because it was to our ancestors that God spoke his words, words that show us who he is. +\v 1 If being circumcised does not cause God to accept Jews there is no advantage in being a Jew over being a non-Jew. Being circumcised does not benefit us Jews at all! +\v 2 Being Jews has many benefits. First of all because it was to their ancestors that God spoke his words, words that show us who he is. \s5 -\v 3 Many Jews did not obey God as they promised that they would. So someone might ask, "Does their not being faithful mean that God will not bless us Jews as he promised that he would?" -\v 4 I would reply, "No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does what he has promised, even though people do not. All those who accuse God of not keeping his promises to us Jews are very mistaken." King David wrote about this: +\v 3 Does the Jews not being faithful mean that God will not bless as he promised that he would? +\v 4 I No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does what he has promised, even though people do not. All those who accuse God of not keeping his promises to us Jews are very mistaken. King David wrote about this: "So everyone must acknowledge that what you have said about them is true, and that you will always win the case when anyone accuses you of doing wrong." \s5 \p -\v 5 So if God did not bless us Jews because we were wicked, can we say that he acted unfairly? That he was wrong to punish us out of anger? (I should not be asking these questions at all about God, but I am speaking as ordinary humans speak.) +\v 5 So if God did not bless because we were wicked, can we say that he acted unfairly? That he was wrong to punish us out of anger? (I am speaking as ordinary humans speak.) -\v 6 We should certainly not conclude that God should not judge us, because if God did not judge us Jews, it could not possibly be right for him to judge anyone in the world! +\v 6 We should certainly not conclude that God should not judge, because if God did not judge, it could not possibly be right for him to judge the world! \s5 -\v 7 But someone might answer me, "The fact that God truly keeps his promises becomes very clear because I did not do what God commanded. But the result is that people praise God because he has mercy! So God should no longer say that I should be punished on account of my having sinned, since people are praising him! -\v 8 If what you, Paul, say is true, then we might as well do evil things in order that good things like that will result! Then people will praise God!" Some people speak evil about me because they accuse me of speaking like this. God will punish people who say such things about me, and they will deserve for him to punish them! +\v 7 But someone might answer, "The fact that God truly keeps his promises becomes very clear because for example, I told a lie and the result is that people praise God because he has mercy! So God should no longer say that I should be punished on account of my having sinned, since people are praising him because of it! +\v 8 If what you, Paul, say is true, then we might as well do evil things in order that good things like that will result!" Some people speak evil about me because they accuse me of speaking like this. God will punish people who say such things about me, and they will deserve for him to punish them! \s5 \p -\v 9 If someone should ask, "Shall we conclude that God will treat us Jews more favorably and will treat the non-Jews less favorably?" I would reply that we can certainly not conclude that! I have already shown you that all people, the Jews and also the non-Jews, have sinned and so they deserve for God to punish them. +\v 9 Shall we conclude that God will treat us more favorably and will treat the non-Jews less favorably? We can certainly not conclude that! The Jews and also the non-Jews have sinned and so they deserve for God to punish them. \v 10 The following words that are written in the scriptures support this, \s5 @@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 Furthermore, we know that it is to Jewish people, who are required to obey God's laws, that Moses wrote those laws. We can learn from this that there are no Jews or non-Jews who are able to say anything when God says that he will punish them for having sinned. God has declared everyone in the world guilty! -\v 20 It is not because people have done the things that God's laws require that God will erase the record of their sins, because no one has done those things completely. In fact, the result of our knowing God's laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned. +\v 19 We know that whatever these laws command is to those who are required to obey. This means that Jews or non-Jews are not able to say anything contrary when God demands an answer for having sinned. +\v 20 It is not because people have done the things that God's laws require that God will erase the record of their sins because no one has done those things completely. In fact, the result of our knowing God's laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned. \s5 \p -\v 21 When God forgives our sins, it does not depend on our obeying the laws that he gave Moses. It has now been revealed to us that he forgives our sins by a different way. It was written about by Moses in the laws God gave him, and it was also written about by the prophets. +\v 21 When God declares us right with him it does not depend on our obeying the law that he gave Moses. It was written about in the laws and by the prophets that Goe forgives our sins by a different way. \v 22 God erases the record of our sins because we trust in what Jesus Christ has done for us. God does this for every person who trusts in Christ, because he considers that there is no difference between Jews and non-Jews. \s5 \v 23 All people have done evil, and everyone has failed to accomplish the glorious goals that God set for them. -\v 24 Our record of sins has been erased by his acting kindly to forgive our sins, without our doing anything to earn it. Christ Jesus accomplished this by dying for us. +\v 24 Our record of sins has been erased by his acting kindly to forgive our sins, without our doing anything to earn it. Christ Jesus accomplished this by redeeming us. \s5 \v 25 God showed that Christ turned away his anger by shedding his blood when he died, and we must believe in what he did for us. The sacrifice of Christ shows that God acted in a just manner. Otherwise, one might not have thought he was just, because he had overlooked sins that people had previously committed, for he is patient. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ \v 30 because, as you firmly believe, there is only one God. It is this same God who will make Jews—who have been circumcised—right with himself because they trust in Christ, and it is also God who will make non-Jews—who have not been circumcised—right with himself, because they also trust in Christ. \s5 -\v 31 So suppose someone asked me about the law that God gave Moses, "If you say that God makes us right with himself because we trust in Christ, does that mean that the law is now useless?" I would reply, "Certainly not. Instead, that law is truly valid." +\v 31 If you say that God makes us right with himself because we trust in Christ, does that mean that the law is now useless? Certainly not. Instead, that law is truly valid. diff --git a/46-ROM/04.usfm b/46-ROM/04.usfm index fb6d1761..6ee82a26 100644 --- a/46-ROM/04.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/04.usfm @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ \v 10 Think about when God did this for Abraham. He did it before Abraham was circumcised, not after. \s5 -\v 11 Many years later, God commanded that Abraham be circumcised. Abraham obeyed; he knew that this ceremony would simply show that God had already accepted him, as when we put a mark on something that we own. So we can learn here that God considered Abraham to be the ancestor of everyone who trusts in him, even of those who are not circumcised. In this way, God considers all these people to be right with himself. +\v 11 God commanded that Abraham be circumcised many years after God had already accepted him. Circumcision was the mark that showed that Abraham already was right with God. So we can learn here that God considered Abraham to be the ancestor of everyone who trusts in him, even of those who are not circumcised. In this way, God considers all these people to be right with himself. -\v 12 Likewise, God considers Abraham to be the ancestor of all us who are true Jews, that is, all Jews who not only have the mark of circumcision on their bodies, but—much more importantly—who live like our ancestor Abraham did before he was circumcised, when he was simply trusting in God +\v 12 Likewise, God considers Abraham to be the ancestor of all us who are true Jews, that is, all Jews who not only have the mark of circumcision on their bodies, but—much more importantly—who live like our ancestor Abraham did before he was circumcised, when he was simply trusting in God. @@ -43,20 +43,16 @@ \v 15 Remember that in reality, God says in his law that he will punish anyone who does not perfectly obey it. Also remember, however, that for people who have no law, it is impossible to disobey it. \s5 -\v 16 So it is because we trust in God that we will receive the things that he has promised. And he promises these things to us as a gift, because he is very kind. He acts in this way in order to give these things to everyone whom he regards as a true descendant of Abraham—us Jewish believers, who have God's law and trust him, and also those non-Jews who do not have God's laws but who trust in him as Abraham did. For God regards Abraham as the true ancestor of all of us believers. -\v 17 (This is what God said to Abraham in the scriptures: "I will make you the ancestor of many ethnic groups.") - - -\p -God guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants. Abraham confidently believed that God would do that, and lived in his presence, trusting that he was able to give life to dead people and to make things that did not yet exist come into being. +\v 16 So it is because we trust in God that we will receive the things that he has promised to us as a gift, because he is very kind. He gives these things to everyone whom he regards as a true descendant of Abraham—us Jewish believers, who have God's law and trust him, and also those non-Jews who do not have God's laws but who trust in him as Abraham did. For God regards Abraham as the true ancestor of all of us believers. +\v 17 This is what God said to Abraham in the scriptures: "I will make you the ancestor of many ethnic groups." Abraham received this directly from God who raises dead people to life and creates things out of nothing. \s5 -\v 18 He trusted in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had said to Abraham, "You will have so many descendants that they will be as impossible to count as the stars." Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups. -\v 19 He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was already as incapable of begetting children as if he were dead (he was, after all, about one hundred years old), and even though he knew that Sarah had never been able to become pregnant. +\v 18 He trusted firmly in this promise of God, even though there was no physical reason for him to expect that he would have descendants because he and his wife were too old to bear children. God had promised Abraham that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups by saying, "Your descendents will be like the stars in the sky." +\v 19 He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was not able to father a child (he was, after all, about one hundred years old), and he knew that Sarah had never had children, especially now, because she was so old. \s5 \v 20 He did not doubt at all that God would do what he had promised. Instead, he trusted in God more strongly, and he thanked God for what God was going to do. -\v 21 He was also convinced that God was able to do whatever he said he was going to do. +\v 21 He was also convinced that God was able to do whatever he promised that he was going to do. \v 22 And that is the reason that God considered Abraham to be right with himself. @@ -65,7 +61,7 @@ God guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants. Abraham confidently \p \v 23 The words in the scriptures, "God considered him to be right with himself because he trusted in him," are not only about Abraham. \v 24 They were also written about us, whom God would consider to be right with himself because we trust in him, the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died. -\v 25 Jesus allowed men to execute him so that God would forgive our evil deeds. And God caused Jesus to live again because God wanted to put us right with him. +\v 25 God allowed men to execute Jesus because of our evil deeds. And God caused Jesus to live again because God wanted to put us right with him. diff --git a/46-ROM/05.usfm b/46-ROM/05.usfm index 3cec5ebd..a1e2a667 100644 --- a/46-ROM/05.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/05.usfm @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ \s5 \v 8 Nevertheless, as for God, the way he showed us that he loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still rebelling against God. -\v 9 God has put us right with himself because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins. So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God when he shows the whole world how angry he is over sin. +\v 9 So it is even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger about sin since we are right with God because Christ died for us and shed his blood for our sins. \s5 -\v 10 Even when we were acting as enemies toward God, he made us to be friends with him because his Son died for us. So it is even more certain that Christ will save us, because he is alive again. +\v 10 Even when we were his enemies God made us to be his friends with because his Son died for us. Since Christ is alive again, it is even more certain that Christ will save us. \v 11 And that is not all! Now we also rejoice because we have been made friends with God, because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 I will now explain why we needed God to do this for us: All people are sinful because Adam, the first man whom God created, sinned long ago. Because he sinned, he eventually died. So all people who have lived since then became sinners, and they all die. +\v 12 All people are sinful because Adam, the first man whom God created, sinned long ago. Because he sinned, he eventually died. So all people who have lived since then became sinners, and they all die. -\v 13 People in the world sinned before God gave his law to Moses. Now God recorded no sin against that law before he gave it. +\v 13 People in the world sinned before God gave his law to Moses but there was no way to recognize sin against that law. \s5 \v 14 But we know that from the time when Adam lived until the time when Moses lived, all people sinned, and that they died as a consequence. Everyone died, even those who did not break a direct command from God as Adam did. Adam's sin affected all people, just like what Christ did, the one who came later, also affects all people. @@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 So, because one man, Adam, disobeyed God's law, all people deserve to be punished. Similarly, because one man, Jesus, acted righteously by obeying God when he died, God offers to put everyone right with himself, for them to live forever. +\v 18 So, because one man, Adam, disobeyed God's law, all people deserve to be punished. Similarly, because one man, Jesus, acted righteously by obeying God while he lived and died, God offers to put everyone right with himself, for them to live forever. \v 19 It was because one person, Adam, disobeyed God that many people became sinners. Similarly, it is because one person, Jesus, obeyed God when he died that he will put many right with himself. \s5 -\v 20 God gave his law to Moses in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them, in a way that they did not deserve. +\v 20 God gave his law to Moses in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them in a way that they did not deserve. \v 21 He did that in order that, unlike people die because they sin, his kind gift might put them right with himself. Then they can live forever because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for them. diff --git a/46-ROM/06.usfm b/46-ROM/06.usfm index 29bbef3f..0b486f0f 100644 --- a/46-ROM/06.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/06.usfm @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ \p -\v 1 Someone might say in reply to what I have written that since God has acted kindly toward us, perhaps we should continue to sin in order that he may continue forgive us. -\v 2 I would reply: No, certainly not! We are like people who have died, who can no longer do anything evil. So we should not continue to sin. +\v 1 Someone might say in reply to what I have written that since God has acted kindly toward us, perhaps we should continue to sin in order that his kindness would be the greater. +\v 2 No, certainly not! We are like people who have died, who can no longer do anything evil. So we should not continue to sin. \v 3 When we were baptized in union with Christ Jesus, God viewed us as dying with Christ on his cross. Do you not know this? @@ -26,30 +26,27 @@ \s5 \v 10 When he died, he went free from our sinful world, and he will never die again; but because he lives again, he lives in order to serve God. -\v 11 In the same way, you must view yourselves as God views you: you are dead people, unable to sin any longer, but you are also living people, living to worship God and joined to Christ Jesus. +\v 11 In the same way, you must view yourselves as God views you: you are dead people, unable to sin any longer, but you are also living people, living to serve God and joined to Christ Jesus. \s5 \v 12 So when you want to sin, do not allow yourselves to do what you want. Remember that your body will die one day. -\v 13 Do not do or say anything wicked. You were like dead people then, because dead people cannot know anyone, and you did not know God. -Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are alive and who know him. Everything you do and say, do it for God; allow him to use you to do righteous things. +\v 13 Do not use any part of your body to do anything wicked. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are now alive after belonging to the realm of the dead. Use every part of your body for God. Allow him to use you to do righteous things. \v 14 When you desire to sin, do not do it! The laws that God gave Moses did not enable you to stop sinning. But now God controls you and kindly helps you not to sin. - - \s5 \p -\v 15 Somebody might say to me, "You say that the laws God gave Moses did not enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. That seems to mean that God permits us to continue sinning." My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue sinning! -\v 16 If you offer to obey someone, you become his slaves. If you sin when you wish to sin, then you become the slaves of sin and die as a result. But if you obey God, then you become his slaves and, as a result, will do the right things that God wants you to do. +\v 15 We might think from this that because the laws God gave Moses did not enable us to stop sinning and God is now treating us kindly anyway, that God permits us to continue sinning. Absolutely not! +\v 16 If you offer to obey someone, you become his slaves. If you obey when you wish to sin, then you become the slaves of sin and die as a result. But if you obey God, then you become his slaves and, as a result, will do the right things that God wants you to do. \s5 -\v 17 In the past you sinned in whatever way you wanted to sin—you were slaves of sin. But then you began to sincerely obey what Christ taught you. I thank God for that. +\v 17 In the past you sinned in whatever way you wanted to sin—you were slaves of sin. But then you began to sincerely obey what Christ taught you. I thank God for that. \v 18 So now you do not have to sin any longer; sin is no longer your master. Instead, you are slaves of God, who is righteous. \s5 -\v 19 I am writing to you in a parable that people can understand, to help you understand the truth about yourselves and God. In the past, you were slaves to your minds, so you did all kinds of impure and evil things. But now, allow yourselves to act justly as God acts, so that he will set you apart for himself as his people. +\v 19 I am writing to you in a way that ordinary people can understand. In the past you were slaves to your desires so you did all kinds of impure and evil things. But now act justly as God acts, so that he will set you apart for himself as his people. \v 20 It is true that in the past, you behaved as people who were free from God's power and righteousness (because you did whatever your evil minds told you to do). You did not have to do things that were right. \v 21 But what good was that freedom to you? Doing those things that you are now ashamed of just meant you would have to be apart from God forever. diff --git a/46-ROM/07.usfm b/46-ROM/07.usfm index 52760f2e..5f793783 100644 --- a/46-ROM/07.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/07.usfm @@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ \s5 \v 6 But now God has freed us from having to obey law of Moses—it is as though we have died, and the law can no longer tell us what to do. God has done this for us so that we may worship him in a new way that the Spirit shows us, rather than in the old way that the law required. - - - \s5 \p -\v 7 Someone might answer me, "Is it really true that people want to sin more if they know God's laws? Then those laws themselves must be evil." I would tell those people, "No, of course not! The law is not evil! But it is true that I did not really know what sin was until I learned about it in the law. For example, I did not realize that it is evil to desire what is not yours until I learned that the law says, "You must not desire what is not yours." +\v 7 Could we say that people want to sin more if they know God's laws? Then those laws themselves must be evil. No, of course not! The law is not evil! But it is true that I did not really know what sin was until I learned about it in the law. For example, I did not realize that it is evil to desire what is not yours until I learned that the law says, "You must not desire what is not yours." \v 8 And because of what that commandment stated, my sinful desire to have things that belong to others caused me to covet in many ways. But where there is no law, there is no sin. @@ -43,33 +40,33 @@ \s5 \p -\v 13 So, if someone said to me, "The law that God gave Moses, which is good, drove me away from God!" I would reply, "Certainly it did not do that!" But instead, the law, which is good, made me want to sin. I knew that as a result, I was far away from God. And also, because I learned what God had commanded, I knew that what I was doing was truly sinful. +\v 13 Could we say then that the law that God gave Moses, which is good, drove us away from God! Certainly it did not do that! But instead, the law, which is good, made me want to sin. I knew that as a result, I was far away from God. And also, because I learned what God had commanded, I knew that what I was doing was truly sinful. \p -\v 14 We know that the law that Moses came from God. But as for me, I am a person who sins. It is as though I had been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin; I had to do whatever my mind told me to do. +\v 14 We know that the law came from God and changes our attitude. But I am a person whose attitude tends toward sin. It is as though I had been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin — I had to do whatever my desires told me to do. \s5 \v 15 The things that I do, I often do not understand. That is, sometimes it is the good things that I want to do that I do not do. And sometimes it is the evil things that I detest that I do. -\v 16 Since I do the evil things that I do not want to do, I agree that the laws of God are good. +\v 16 Since I do the evil things that I do not want to do, I agree that the law of God directs me in the right way. \s5 \v 17 So, it is not because I wish to sin that I sin. Instead, I sin because the desire to sin causes me to sin. -\v 18 I know that by myself, I can do nothing good. I know this because I want to do what is good, but I do not do what is good. +\v 18 I know that when I follow my own attitude I can do nothing good. I know this because I want to do what is good, but I do not do what is good. \s5 \v 19 I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do. -\v 20 When I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that really I that do those things. Instead, something else is making me sin: it is the fact that I am imperfect that makes me sin. +\v 20 When I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that really I that do those things. Instead, my attitude that favors sin is making me sin. \v 21 I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil desire present within me that prevents me from doing good. \s5 -\v 22 In my new nature, I am very happy about the law of God. -\v 23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different power that is in my body. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do, and it makes me do what my old sinful nature wants me to do. +\v 22 In my new attitude I am very happy about the law of God. +\v 23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different power that is in my body. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do, and it makes me do what my old sinful attitude wants me to do. \s5 \v 24 When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires, in order that I might not be separated from God. -\v 25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that he sets us free from the control of what our bodies desire. So with our minds, you and I on the one hand want to obey God's law. But also, you and I often let our sinful desires control us because of our old sinful nature. +\v 25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that he sets us free from the control of what our bodies desire. So with our minds, I on the one hand want to obey God's law. But also, I often let our sinful desires control me because of my old sinful attitude. diff --git a/46-ROM/08.usfm b/46-ROM/08.usfm index a116f665..25ddd2ba 100644 --- a/46-ROM/08.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/08.usfm @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ \s5 \v 3 We tried to obey God's law in order to live with God, but it was useless to think that we could—we could not stop sinning. So God helped us instead: he sent his own Son into the world in order that his Son might atone for our sin. His Son came having a body that was like the body of us who sin. His Son came to offer himself as a sacrifice for our sin. When he did this, he also showed that our sins are truly wicked, and that anyone who sins deserves to be punished. -\v 4 So we can now fulfill all that God required in his law. We do this, not by our acting the way our old evil nature desires, but instead by living as God's Spirit desires us to live. -\v 5 People who live by what their evil nature think about pay attention to those things. But people who live by what God's Spirit wants think about those things instead. +\v 4 So we can now fulfill all that God required in his law. We do this, not by our acting the way our old evil attitude desires, but instead by living as God's Spirit desires us to live. +\v 5 People who live by their evil attitudes think about pay attention to those attitudes. But people who live by what God's Spirit wants think about the things of the Spirit instead. \s5 -\v 6 Those who think about and are concerned about what their evil nature desires will not live forever. But those who want what God's Spirit desires will live forever and have peace. -\v 7 Let me explain this. To the extent that people want what their evil nature desires, they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey his law. In fact, they are not even able to obey his law. -\v 8 The people who do what their evil nature tells them cannot please God. +\v 6 Those who think about and are concerned about what their evil attitude desires will not live forever. But those who want what God's Spirit desires will live forever and have peace. +\v 7 Let me explain this. To the extent that people want what their evil attitude desires, they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey his law. In fact, they are not even able to obey his law. +\v 8 The people who do what their evil attitude tells them cannot please God. \s5 \v 9 But we do not have to let our old evil nature control us. Instead, we can let God's Spirit control us, because he lives within us. If the Spirit who comes from Christ does not live in people, they do not belong to Christ. @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 Therefore, my fellow believers, we must live as the Spirit directs us. What we do not have to do is live as our old evil nature wants us to. -\v 13 If you do what your old evil nature wants, you will surely not live forever with God. But if you allow the Spirit to stop you doing those things, then you will live forever. +\v 12 Therefore, my fellow believers, we are obligated live as the Spirit directs us. What we are not obligated to live as our old evil nature wants us to. +\v 13 If you do what your old evil nature wants, you will surely not live forever with God. But if the Spirit stops you from doing those things, then you will live forever. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits say, that we are God's children. -\v 17 Because we are God's children, we also will one day receive what God has promised us. And we will also receive what God has promised us and Christ together. But we must suffer for doing good as Christ did, in order that God may honor us. +\v 17 Because we are God's children, we also will one day receive what God has promised us. And we will receive this together with Christ. But we must suffer for doing good as Christ did, in order that God may honor us. @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ \s5 \v 20 God caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve what he had intended. That was not because they wanted to fail. On the contrary, God made them that way because he was certain -\v 21 that the things he created will one day no longer die, decay, and fall apart. He will free them from that, in order that he can do the same wonderful things for them that he will do for his children. +\v 21 that the things he created will one day no longer die, decay, and fall apart. He will free these things from that, in order that he can do the same wonderful things for these things that he will do for his children. -\v 22 We know that until now it is as though all things that God created have been groaning together, and they want him to do those same wonderful things for them. But now it is just like a woman who is having the pains that come before she gives birth to a child. +\v 22 We know that until now it is as though all things that God created have been groaning together, and they want him to do those same wonderful things for them. But now it is just like a woman who is having the pains that come before she gives birth to a child. \s5 \v 23 Not only do those things groan, but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have God's Spirit, who is like a partial gift we have received as we wait for everything that God will give us, we groan inwardly. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our full rights as God's adopted children. That will include his freeing our bodies from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 26 Similarly, God's Spirit helps us when we are weak. We do not know what is proper for us to pray. But God's Spirit knows; as he prays for us, he groans in a way that cannot be expressed in words. -\v 27 God, who examines our inner nature and mind, understands what his Spirit desires. His Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray. +\v 27 God, who examines our inner attitude and mind, understands what his Spirit desires. His Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray. @@ -78,26 +78,26 @@ \p \v 28 And we know that for those who love God, he works out all things that happen to them in a way that does us good. He does this for those whom he has chosen, because that was what he planned to do. \v 29 God knew previously that we would believe in him. We are those who God also decided previously would have a character like his Son's character. The result is that Christ is God's firstborn Son, and those who are God's children are the many younger brothers of Jesus. -\v 30 And the ones God decided previously that we would be like his Son, he also called them to be with him. And the ones he called to be with him, he also made them to be right with himself. And to the ones whom he has put right with himself, he also will give them honor. +\v 30 And the ones God decided previously who would be like his Son, he also called them to be with him. And the ones he called to be with him, he also made them to be right with himself. And to the ones whom he has put right with himself, he also will give them honor. \s5 \p \v 31 So I will tell you what we must learn from all these things that God does for us. Because God is acting on our behalf, no one can win against us! -\v 32 God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over to others to cruelly kill him in order that all we who believe in him may benefit from his dying for us. Because God did that, he will also certainly give us freely everything that we need to live for him, in addition to giving us Christ. +\v 32 God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over to others to cruelly kill him in order that all we who believe in him may benefit from his dying for us. Because God did that, he will also certainly give us freely everything that we need to live for him. \s5 \v 33 No one can accuse us before God of doing wrong, for he has chosen us to belong to him. He is the one who has put us right with himself. -\v 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died for us—and more than that, he also was raised from the dead—and he is ruling with God in the place of honor, and he is the one who is pleading for us. +\v 34 No one can condemn us any longer. Christ is the one who died for us—and more than that, he also was raised from the dead—and he is ruling with God in the place of honor, and he is the one who is pleading for us. \s5 -\v 35 Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! That could not happen, even if someone afflicts us, or even someone harms us, or even if we have nothing to eat, or even if we do not have enough clothes, or even if we live in a dangerous situation, or even if someone will kill us. +\v 35 Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! Even if someone afflicts us, or even someone harms us, or even if we have nothing to eat, or even if we do not have enough clothes, or even if we live in a dangerous situation, or even if someone will kill us. \v 36 Such things may happen to us, just as it is written that David said to God, "Because we are your people, others repeatedly attempt to kill us. They consider that we are only people to be killed, like a butcher considers that sheep are only animals to be slaughtered." \s5 \v 37 But even though all these bad things happen to us, we win completely over these things because Christ, who loves us, helps us. -\v 38 I am completely convinced that neither being dead, nor what happens to us while we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful beings, +\v 38 I am completely convinced that neither anything from the realm of the dead, nor what happens to us while we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful beings, \v 39 nor powerful beings in the sky or below it, nor anything else that God has created can cause God to stop loving us. God showed us that he loves us by sending Jesus Christ our Lord to die for us. diff --git a/46-ROM/09.usfm b/46-ROM/09.usfm index 1d2405ce..535065e8 100644 --- a/46-ROM/09.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/09.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 I personally would be willing to let God curse me and, keep me apart from Christ forever if that would help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, to believe in Christ. -\v 4 They, like me, are Israelites. They are among those whom God chose to be Jacob's descendants. God has always considered them to be his children. It was to their ancestors that he showed how powerful he is. It was with them that he made covenants several times. It was to them that he gave the law on Mount Sinai. They were the ones whom God allowed to worship him. They were the ones to whom God promised many things, especially that the Christ would come from their race. +\v 4 They, like me, are Israelites. God chose them to be his children. It is to them that he showed how wonderful he is. It is with them that he made the covenants. It is to them that he gave the law. They are the ones who have the worship of God. They are the ones to whom God promised many things. \v 5 It was our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to begin our nation. And, most importantly, it was from us Israelites that the Christ was born as a human being. He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \v 7 And it is also not all of Abraham's natural descendants that God considers to be Abraham's true descendants. Instead, God considers only some of them to be Abraham's true descendants. This agrees with what he told Abraham: "It is Isaac, not any of your other sons, whom I will consider to be the true father of your descendants." \s5 -\v 8 What I mean is, not all of Abraham's descendants are the people that God as his own children. Instead, only the people that God had in mind when he promised to give Abraham descendants—it is these people whom he considers to be Abraham's true descendants and his own children. +\v 8 What I mean is, not all of Abraham's descendants are the people that God accepts as his own children. Instead, only the people that God had in mind when he promised to give Abraham descendants—it is these people whom he considers to be Abraham's true descendants and his own children. \v 9 This is what God promised Abraham: "About this time next year I will come back to you, and Sarah your wife will bear a son." God promised this, and he made it happen. @@ -44,15 +44,13 @@ \v 16 So God chooses people, not because they want God to choose them or because they try hard to please him. Instead, he chooses people because he himself has mercy on undeserving ones. \s5 -\v 17 Moses recorded that God had told Pharaoh, "This is why I made you king of Egypt: It was so I might fight against you and show everyone in the world how powerful I am." +\v 17 Moses recorded that God had told Pharaoh, "This is why I made you king of Egypt: It was so I might fight against you and everyone in the world will help others respect my reputation." \v 18 So we know that God kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly toward. And we also know that he makes stubborn anyone who he wants to be stubborn, such as Pharaoh. - - \s5 \p -\v 19 Maybe one of you will say to me, "Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants some of us to sin. No one has resisted what God has wished! Therefore, it is not right for God to punish those who sin." +\v 19 Maybe one of you will say to me, "Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do and no one can resist what God has wished, it is not right for God to punish those who sin." \v 20 I would reply, "You are only a human being, so you have no right to criticize God! He is like a man who makes clay pots. A pot has no right to ask its maker, "Why did you make me like this?" \v 21 Instead, the potter certainly has the right to take a lump of clay and use part of it to make a beautiful pot that people will value highly—and then use the rest of the clay for a pot that someone will use every day. Certainly God has the same right. @@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ \v 26 And another prophet wrote: "Where God told them before, 'You are not my people,' \q -in those same places they will become children of the true God." +in those same places they are told that they will become children of the true God." \p \s5 @@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ in those same places they will become children of the true God." \v 28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the people who live in that land, as he said that he would do." \p \v 29 Isaiah also wrote, -"If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, whom he completely destroyed." +"If the Lord of the heavenly armies had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, whom he completely destroyed." @@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ in those same places they will become children of the true God." \v 31 But the people of Israel did indeed try to be holy by obeying God's law, but they were not able to. \s5 -\v 32 They were not able to, because they tried to do things to please God. They refused to trust him to forgive them. They refused to believe in Christ, so they remained apart from God. +\v 32 They were not able to, because they tried to do things to please God. They lost their balance when they refused to trust God to forgive them by putting their trust in Christ. \v 33 This is what a prophet said would happen: "Listen! I am placing in Israel one who is like a stone on which people will stumble. What he does will make people angry. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be ashamed." diff --git a/46-ROM/10.usfm b/46-ROM/10.usfm index 7033ea8c..b07325dd 100644 --- a/46-ROM/10.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/10.usfm @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ \p \v 1 My fellow believers, what I greatly desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save my own people, the Jews. -\v 2 I declare truthfully about them that although they greatly go after God, they do not understand how to go after him in the right way. +\v 2 I declare truthfully about them that although they earnestly go after God, they do not understand how to go after him in the right way. \v 3 They do not know how God puts people right with himself. They want to put themselves right with God, so they do not accept what God wishes to do for them. \s5 -\v 4 Christ has perfectly obeyed the law in order to put everyone who believes in him right with God. So the law is no longer necessary for us. +\v 4 Christ has perfectly obeyed the law in order to put everyone who believes in him right with God. So the law is no longer necessary. @@ -32,33 +32,29 @@ \v 12 In this way, God treats the Jews and the non-Jews the same. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he greatly helps all who ask him to help them. \v 13 This is just like what the scriptures say: "The Lord God will save all those who ask him." - - \s5 \p -\v 14 Most of the Jews have certainly not believed in Christ, and some people might try to explain why they have not done so. They might say, "The Jews certainly cannot ask Christ to help them if they have not first believed in him! And they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him! And they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him! +\v 14 Most people have certainly not believed in Christ, and some people might try to explain why they have not done so. They might say, "People certainly cannot ask Christ to help them if they have not first believed in him! And they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him! And they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him! \v 15 And those who could preach to them about Christ, certainly cannot do so if God does not send them. But if some believers preached to them, it would be just like the scriptures say: 'It is wonderful when people come and bring good news!'" \s5 \v 16 I would reply in this way to those who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all the people of Israel have paid attention to the good news! It is like what Isaiah said when he felt very discouraged: "Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us preach!" \v 17 So then, I tell you that people are believing in Christ because they hear about him, and people are hearing the message because others are preaching about Christ! - - \s5 \p \v 18 But if someone said to those people, "Of course the Israelites have heard this message," I would say, "Yes, indeed! It is like what the scriptures say: \q -The people living all over the world have seen the stars, and what they prove about who God is—even the people living in the most remote places in the world have understood this! +"The people living all over the world have seen the creation, and what it proves about who God is—even the people living in the most remote places in the world have understood this!" \s5 \p \v 19 Furthermore, it is true that the Israelites really did hear this message. They understood it, too, but they refused to believe it. Remember that Moses was the first one to warn the people like this. He told them that God said, -"You think that the non-Jewish nations are not real nations at all. But some of them will believe in me, and I will bless them. Then you will envy them and be angry at them, people who you do not think understand me. +"You think that the non-Jewish nations are not real nations at all. But some of them will believe in me, and I will bless them. Then you will envy them and be angry at them, people who you do not think understand me." \s5 -\v 20 Remember also that God said very boldly to Isaiah, "The non-Jews who did not try to know me will surely find me! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me!" +\v 20 Remember also that God said very boldly through Isaiah, "The non-Jews who did not try to know me will surely find me! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me!" \p \v 21 But God also speaks about the Israelites. He says, "For a long time I have held out my arms to the people who disobeyed and rebelled against me, in order to invite them to return to me." diff --git a/46-ROM/11.usfm b/46-ROM/11.usfm index 0b9e9e4c..2dcf2283 100644 --- a/46-ROM/11.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/11.usfm @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ \s5 \c 11 \p -\v 1 Because of that, if anyone should ask, "Has God rejected his people the Jews?" I would declare that he certainly has not rejected all of us! Remember that I also belong to the people of Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, but God has not rejected me! +\v 1 If I should ask, "Has God rejected his people the Jews?" The answer would be, "Certainly not! Remember that I also belong to the people of Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, but God has not rejected me! \v 2 No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago to be people whom he would bless in a special way. Remember that Elijah mistakenly complained to God about the people of Israel, as the scriptures say: \v 3 "Lord, they have killed the rest of your prophets, and they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one who believes in you who remains alive, and now they are trying to kill me!" \s5 \v 4 God answered him like this: "You are not the only one left who is faithful to me. I have taken care to keep for myself seven thousand men in Israel, men who have not worshiped the false god Baal." -\v 5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group of us Jews who have become believers. God has chosen us to become believers only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve. +\v 5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a leftover group of us Jews who have become believers. God has chosen us to become believers only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve. \s5 \v 6 Since it is because he acts kindly toward those whom he chooses, it is not because they have done good things that he has chosen them. If God chose people because they did good deeds, then he would not need to act kindly toward them. \p -\v 7 Since God chose only some people of Israel, this makes us know that most of the Jews failed to get what they were looking for—(although the Jews whom God chose did get it). Most of the Jews remained unable to understand what God was telling them. +\v 7 Since God chose only some people of Israel, this makes us know that most of the Jews failed to get what they were looking for—(although the Jews whom God chose did get it). Most of the Jews remained unwilling to understand what God was telling them. \v 8 This is exactly what the prophet Isaiah had written about: "God caused them to be stubborn. They should be able to understand the truth about Christ, but they cannot. They should obey God when he speaks, but they do not. It is like that to this very day." \s5 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 11 Perhaps someone will ask, "When the Jews sinned by not believing in Christ, did that mean they will always be apart from God?" I would reply, "No, they have certainly not separated themselves from God permanently! Instead, because they sinned, God is saving non-Jews in order to cause the Jews to envy the way he blesses non-Jews, so that they will ask Christ to save them." +\v 11 If I should ask, "When the Jews sinned by not believing in Christ, did that mean they will always be apart from God?" I would reply, "No, they have certainly not separated themselves from God permanently! Instead, because they sinned, God is saving non-Jews in order to cause the Jews to envy the way he blesses non-Jews, so that they will ask Christ to save them." \v 12 When the Jews rejected Christ, the result was that God abundantly blessed the other people in the world by offering them the opportunity to believe. And when the Jews failed spiritually, the result was that God abundantly blessed the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ ! \s5 @@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ \v 14 But I also hope that by my labors I will make my fellow Jews jealous, with the result that some of them will believe and thus be saved. \s5 -\v 15 God has rejected most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that he made peace between himself and many other people in the world. If that is what happened after most of the Jews rejected Christ, think about the excellent things that will happen after they trust in him. It will be like they have risen from the dead! -\v 16 Just like the whole lump of dough will belong to God if people offer to God the bread baked from the first part of it, so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God. And just like the branches of a tree will be good if the root is good, so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God. +\v 15 God has rejected most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that he made peace between himself and other people in the world. If that is what happened after most of the Jews rejected Christ, think about the excellent things that will happen after they trust in him. It will be like they have risen from the realm of the dead! +\v 16 Just like the whole lump of dough will belong to God if people offer to God the bread baked from the first part of it, so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God. And just like the branches of a tree will belong to God if the root belongs to God, so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God. \s5 \p -\v 17 God has rejected many of the Jews, like people break off dead branches of a tree. And each of you non-Jews whom God has accepted is like a branch of a uncultivated olive tree that someone put into the trunk of a cultivated olive tree. God has caused you to benefit from how he blessed our first Jewish ancestors, just as branches benefit from the sap from the root of a cultivated olive tree. +\v 17 God has rejected many of the Jews, like people break off dead branches of a tree. And each of you non-Jews whom God has accepted is like a branch of a uncultivated olive tree that someone spliced into the trunk of a cultivated olive tree. God has caused you to benefit from how he blessed our first Jewish ancestors, just as branches benefit from the sap from the root of a cultivated olive tree. \v 18 However, you non-Jews must not despise the Jews whom God rejected, even though they are like the branches that someone breaks off from the tree! If you want to boast because of how God has saved you, remember this: Branches do not feed a root. Instead, the root feeds the branches. Similarly, God has helped you because of what you have received from the Jews! You have given the Jews nothing that helps them. \s5 @@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ \s5 \v 23 And if the Jews believe in Christ, God will also put them back into the tree again, because God is able to do that. -\v 24 You non-Jews who were previously apart from God have benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews. That is like taking branches that someone has cut from a wild olive tree—a tree that just grew without anyone planting it— and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before! That will be like putting the original branches that someone cut off, back into the olive tree to which they originally belonged! +\v 24 You non-Jews who were previously apart from God have benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews. That is like taking branches that someone has cut from a wild olive tree—a tree that just grew without anyone planting it— and, contrary to what people usually do, splicing them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before! That will be like putting the original branches that someone cut off, back into the olive tree to which they originally belonged! \s5 \p \v 25 My non-Jewish fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand this secret truth, so that you do not think you know everything: Many people of Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus. \s5 -\v 26 And then God will save all the people of Israel. Then these words in the scriptures will become true: +\v 26 And then God will save whole Israel. Then these words in the scriptures will become true: \p "The one who sets his people free will come from where God is among the Jews. He will forgive the sins of the Israelite people." \p \v 27 And as God says, diff --git a/46-ROM/12.usfm b/46-ROM/12.usfm index 811dd455..915b885f 100644 --- a/46-ROM/12.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/12.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 My fellow believers, since God has acted mercifully toward you in so many ways, I appeal to all of you that you present yourselves like a sacrifice that is alive, a sacrifice that you give to God alone and that pleases him. This is the only right way to worship him. -\v 2 Do not let unbelievers guide you in how you behave. Instead, let God change your way of thinking and always make it new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do, so you may know how to act in ways that please him, the ways in which he himself acts. +\v 2 Do not let unbelievers guide you in how you behave. Instead, let God change your way of thinking and make it new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do, so you may know how to act in ways that please him, the ways in which he himself acts. @@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ \v 5 Similarly, we, although we are many, are united into one group because we are joined to Christ, and we belong to one another. So no one should act as though he is more important than the others! \s5 -\v 6 Instead, since each one of us can do different things because God makes us different from each other, we should do them eagerly and cheerfully! Those of us to whom God gives messages for others should speak in a way that is like how we trust God. +\v 6 Instead, since each one of us can do different things because God makes us different from each other, we should do them eagerly and cheerfully! Those of us to whom God gives messages for others should speak in a way that fits our trust in God. \v 7 Those whom God has enabled to serve others should do that. Those whom God has enabled to teach his truth should do that. \v 8 Those whom God has enabled to encourage others should do it wholeheartedly. Those whom God has enabled to give things to others, should do so without holding back. Those whom God has enabled to manage others should do it, and do it with care. Those whom God has enabled to help the needy should do it cheerfully. - - \s5 \p \v 9 The way you must love people is to love them sincerely! Hate what is evil! Continue to eagerly do what God considers to be good! @@ -34,11 +32,11 @@ \s5 \v 11 Do not be lazy. Instead, be eager to serve God! Be enthusiastic as you serve the Lord! \v 12 Rejoice because you are confidently awaiting what God will do for you! When you suffer, be patient! Keep praying and never give up! -\v 13 If any of God's people lacks anything, share with them what you have! Always be ready to take care of believers who are traveling and need a place to stay! +\v 13 If any of God's people lacks anything, share with them what you have! Be creative in hosting others! \s5 \v 14 Ask God to be kind to those who persecute you because you believe in Jesus! Ask him to be kind to them; do not ask him to cause bad things to happen to them. -\v 15 If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad! +\v 15 If they are joyful, you should rejoice with them! If they are sad, you should be sad with them! \v 16 Desire for others what you desire for yourselves. Do not be proud in how you think; instead, be friends with people who seem unimportant. Do not consider yourselves wise. \s5 @@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 19 My fellow believers whom I love, do not do evil in return when people do evil to you! Instead, allow God to punish them. The scriptures say, "'I will pay back those who do evil. It is my right to pay them back,' says the Lord." -\v 20 Instead of doing evil to those who have done evil to you, do as the scriptures teach: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them! If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. By doing that, you will cause them to feel ashamed and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you." +\v 20 Instead of doing evil to those who have done evil to you, do as the scriptures teach: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them! If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. By doing that, you will cause them to feel the pain of shame and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you." \v 21 Do not let evil deeds that others have done to you overcome you. Instead, do for them better than what they have done to you! diff --git a/46-ROM/13.usfm b/46-ROM/13.usfm index 3c671793..e17b51f7 100644 --- a/46-ROM/13.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/13.usfm @@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ \v 6 It is for this reason that you also pay taxes, because the officials are ones who serve God as they continually do their work. \v 7 Give to all the officials what you are supposed to give to them! Pay taxes to those who require that you pay taxes. Pay duties on goods to those who require that you pay those duties. Respect those whom you ought to respect. Honor those whom you ought to be honor. - - \s5 \p \v 8 Pay all of your debts when you are supposed to pay them. The only thing that is like a debt that you should never stop paying is to love one another. Whoever loves others has fulfilled all that God requires in his law. @@ -25,8 +23,6 @@ \v 10 If you love everyone around you, you will harm no one. So whoever loves others fulfills all that God's law requires. - - \s5 \p \v 11 Do what I have just told you, especially since you know how important is the time in which we are now living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active, like people who have awakened from sleeping, because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world's sin and sorrow is near. That time is closer now than when we first believed in Christ. diff --git a/46-ROM/14.usfm b/46-ROM/14.usfm index af37177e..e2c5b48d 100644 --- a/46-ROM/14.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/14.usfm @@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who do not think that. Anyone who thinks it is not all right to eat all kinds of food must not condemn those who think differently, because God himself has accepted those people. -\v 4 God is the master of us all, so he is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong! No one should judge another in this regard, because he is able to keep them faithful to him. - - +\v 4 You are wrong when you evaluate somebody else's servant. We are all God's servants so God is the master of us all. He is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong! No one should judge another in this regard, because he is able to keep them faithful to him. \s5 \p @@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ \v 8 While we live, it is the Lord whom we belong to and should be trying to please, and not just ourselves. And when we die, it is the Lord whom we should be trying to please. So, while we live and also when we die, we should try to please the Lord, for we belong to him. \v 9 For Christ died and became alive again in order that he might be Lord whom all people should obey, both those alive and those who are dead. - - \s5 \p \v 10 It is disgraceful that you who obey certain rules say that God will punish your fellow believers who do not obey them. For God will judge each one of us. @@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 So we know that it is God who will decide whether or not he approves of what each of us has done. +\v 12 So we will each have to tell God what we have done and let him decide whether or not he approves of it. \p @@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ \s5 \v 16 Similarly, do not do something that fellow believers would call bad, even if you think it is good. -\v 17 When God rules how we live, he does not think about what we eat and drink. Instead, he thinks about whether we obey him, have peace with each other, and rejoice because of the Holy Spirit. +\v 17 When God rules how we live, we do not worry about what we eat and drink. Instead, we think about how what is the right way to obey him, have peace with each other, and rejoice because of the Holy Spirit. \s5 \v 18 Those who serve Christ by acting in such ways please God, and others will also respect them. @@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ \v 19 So we should always eagerly try to live in a way that will cause peace among fellow Christians, and we should try to do what will help each other to trust and obey Christ. \s5 -\v 20 Do not destroy how God has helped any believer, just because you want to eat a certain kind of food. It is true that God allows us to eat every kind of food. But if you eat something that another believer thinks is wrong, then you are encouraging him to do what he thinks is wrong. +\v 20 Do not destroy how God has helped any believer just because you want to eat a certain kind of food. It is true that God allows us to eat every kind of food. But if you eat something that another believer thinks is wrong, then you are encouraging him to do what he thinks is wrong. \v 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor to drink wine, nor to do anything else at any time if it will cause one of your fellow believers to stop trusting in God. diff --git a/46-ROM/15.usfm b/46-ROM/15.usfm index 6e1c34a6..c8c9647e 100644 --- a/46-ROM/15.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/15.usfm @@ -13,36 +13,28 @@ \v 3 We should please our fellow believers, since Christ has set us an example. He did not do things to please himself. On the contrary, he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was as the scriptures say: "When people insulted you, it was as though they were also insulting me." \v 4 Remember that all the things written in the scriptures are there to teach us, so that we may become patient in hardship. In this way the scriptures will encourage us to expect that God will do for us everything that he has promised. - - \s5 \p -\v 5 God is the one who enables us to be patient and who encourages us. Ask him that he would enable you all to live in peace with each other, doing as Christ Jesus did. +\v 5 I pray that God give you patience and encouragement so that you all live in peace with each other, doing as Christ Jesus did. \v 6 If you do this, you all will be praising God together, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. - - \p \v 7 So I say to all of you believers at Rome, accept each other. If you do that, people will praise God as they see you behave like Christ. Accept each other just like Christ accepted you! \s5 \v 8 I want you to remember that Christ helped us Jews to know the truth about God. That is, he came to make come true everything that God had promised our ancestors that he would do. -\v 9 But he also came to help the non-Jews, so they would praise God for having mercy on them. What he has done made come true what is written in the scriptures that David said to God: "So I will praise you among the non-Jews; I will sing and praise you." +\v 9 But he also came to help the non-Jews, so they would praise God for his mercy. God's mercy has produced what is written in the scriptures that David said to God: "So I will praise you among the non-Jews; I will sing and praise you." \s5 \v 10 Moses also wrote, "You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God's people." \v 11 And David wrote in the scriptures, "Praise the Lord, all you non-Jews; may everyone praise him." \s5 -\v 12 And Isaiah wrote in the scriptures, "There will be a descendant of King David who will rule over the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him to fulfill what he has promised." - - +\v 12 And Isaiah wrote in the scriptures, "There will be a descendant of King David who will rule over the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him to fulfill what he has promised." \s5 \p -\v 13 God is the one who causes you to be confidently expecting him to do what he has promised. I pray that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust in him. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect to receive what God has promised you. - - +\v 13 I pray that God cause you to be confidently expecting him to do what he has promised. I pray that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust in him. The Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect to receive what God has promised you. \s5 \p @@ -50,22 +42,18 @@ \s5 \v 15 However, I have written to you quite openly in this letter about some things in order to remind you about them. I have written this because God has made me an apostle, although I did not deserve this. -\v 16 He did this in order that I should work for Jesus Christ among the non-Jews. God has appointed me to act like a priest as I proclaim his good news, in order that he may accept the non-Jews who believe in Christ. They will be like an offering that the Holy Spirit has set completely apart for God only. - - +\v 16 He did this in order that I should work for Jesus Christ among the non-Jews. God has appointed me to act like a priest as I proclaim his good news in order that he may accept the non-Jews who believe in Christ. They will be like an offering that the Holy Spirit has set completely apart for God only. \s5 \p -\v 17 It follows that, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, I am happy about my work for God. -\v 18 I will speak boldly only about the work that Christ has given me to do. I do that work in order that non-Jews might pay attention to the message about Christ— -\v 19 specifically, by my performing many powerful deeds and other things that amaze people. I have done those things God's Spirit has enabled me. In this way I have traveled all the way around from Jerusalem to the province of Illyricum, and I have completed my work of proclaiming the message about Christ in those places. +\v 17 It follows that, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, I am happy about my work for God. +\v 18 I will speak boldly only about the work that Christ has accomplished through me that non-Jews might pay attention to the message about Christ. These accomplishments came because of words and deeds +\v 19 by showing signs and other things that convince people. I have done those things God's Spirit has enabled me. In this way I have traveled all the way around from Jerusalem to the province of Illyricum, and I have completed my work of proclaiming the message about Christ in those places. \s5 \v 20 As I proclaim that message, I am always eagerly trying to proclaim it in places where people have not already heard about Christ. I do that in order that I might not be simply continuing the work that someone else already started. I do not want to be like a man who builds a house on someone else's foundation. \v 21 On the contrary, I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like what was written: "The people who have never heard any news about the Christ, they will see him. Those who have never heard of him will understand about him." - - \s5 \p \v 22 Because I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him, I have been stopped many times from coming to visit you. @@ -83,8 +71,6 @@ \v 28 When I finish this task of delivering all this money that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given, I will leave Jerusalem and visit you in Rome while I am on my way to Spain. \v 29 And I know that when I visit you, Christ will abundantly bless us. - - \s5 \p \v 30 Because we belong to our Lord Jesus Christ and because the Spirit of God causes us to love each other, I urge you all that you help me by fervently praying to God for me. diff --git a/46-ROM/16.usfm b/46-ROM/16.usfm index 6dee21a5..440cdb98 100644 --- a/46-ROM/16.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/16.usfm @@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ \s5 \p \v 17 My fellow believers, I tell you that you must be careful about the people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to turn away from God. Keep away from such people! -\v 18 They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires. They deceive the people who do not realize that they are teaching false things. +\v 18 They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires. They deceive the people using smooth talk and praise so the people do not realize that these troublemakers are teaching false things. \s5 -\v 19 Believers everywhere know that you have obeyed what Christ says in the good news. So I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be wise, so that you do what is good. I also want you to avoid doing what is evil. -\v 20 If you do all these things, God, who gives us his peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet! I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly toward you. +\v 19 Believers everywhere know that you have obeyed what Christ says in the good news. So I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be smart enough to recognize what is good and stay away from what is evil. +\v 20 If you do all these things, God, who gives us his peace, will soon smash the work of Satan because of your authority! I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly toward you. \s5 \p @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 As I proclaim the good news about Jesus Christ, I tell about God, the one who is able to strengthen you spiritually. I also proclaim the truth that God did not reveal in any age before our own time. -\v 26 Now, however, he has made it known by means of what the scriptures said would happen. He has done this so that people in all the people groups in the world may believe in Christ and obey him. +\v 25 Now to God, the one who is able to strengthen you spiritually by my proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ that God did not reveal in any age before our own time — +\v 26 but now God has made it known by means of what the scriptures said would happen — so that people in all the people groups in the world may believe in Christ and obey him — \s5 -\v 27 I desire that by Jesus Christ enabling us, we may forever praise the one who alone is God, who alone is truly wise. May it be so! +\v 27 to God who alone is truly wise — because of what Jesus Christ did — be forever praise. May it be so! diff --git a/47-1CO/01.usfm b/47-1CO/01.usfm index 82b45fbb..6902fc12 100644 --- a/47-1CO/01.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/01.usfm @@ -2,47 +2,43 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with me as I write it. God appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and God chose me to serve him. -\v 2 This letter is to the church of God in Corinth, to those whom Christ Jesus has set apart for God, with everyone else—everwhere—who calls on God to save them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. +\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with me as I write this letter to you. God appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and God chose me to serve him. +\v 2 This letter is to the church of God in Corinth, to those whom Christ Jesus has set apart for God, with everyone else—everywhere—who calls on God to save them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. \p \v 3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ love you and give you peace. - \s5 \p -\v 4 I thank my God every day for you, because of the many costly gifts that Christ Jesus has given to you because he loves you. -\v 5 Christ has given you so many things. He helped you to speak his truth and to know God. -\v 6 You yourselves stood by these statements as true, as you have spoken about Christ. +\v 4 I thank my God every day for you because of the many costly gifts that Christ Jesus has given to you because he loves you. +\v 5 Christ has given you so many things. He helped you in all your speaking and in all your knowledge. +\v 6 You yourselves are the proof that these statements about Christ are true. \s5 -\v 7 I pray for you that you would not lack any gift from the Spirit of God while you wait for the day when God will make the Lord Jesus Christ known and will show him to everyone. +\v 7 That is the reason you do not lack any gift from the Spirit of God while you wait for the day when God will make the Lord Jesus Christ known and will show him to everyone. \v 8 God will also make you strong so you can serve him to the very end, so you will bring no shame upon yourselves on the day that our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth. -\v 9 God will keep his promise to do that. God called you, so you can know and love his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord. - +\v 9 God is keeping his promise to do that. God called you, so you can know and love his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord. \s5 \p -\v 10 My brothers and sisters, I beg you by the authority of Jesus, that you come to an agreement and that you settle this argument, and that there be no more divisions among you. Learn to see things from the same point of view as you work to settle this argument and then you will find that you have the same goals in mind. +\v 10 My brothers and sisters, I beg you by the authority of Jesus, that you come to an agreement and that you settle your disagreements, and that there be no more divisions among you. Learn to see things from the same point of view as you work to settle your argument and then you will find that you have the same goals in mind. \v 11 Those in Chloe's house reported to me that there had been divisions and disagreements among some of you. \s5 -\v 12 This is the problem. Each of you claims to have loyalty to one leader or another. One says, "I am loyal to Paul." Another says, "I am loyal to Apollos." Someone else says, "I am loyal to Peter." And the last one says, "But I am loyal to Christ." +\v 12 This is the problem. Each of you claims to have loyalty to one leader or another. One says, "I am loyal to Paul." Another says, "I am loyal to Apollos." Someone else says, "I am loyal to Peter." And the last one says, "But I am loyal to Christ." \v 13 But Christ does not divide his loyalty. Paul was not crucified for you. The person who baptized you did not baptize you in the name of Paul. \s5 \v 14 I thank God that I baptized only a few people there; among them I baptized Crispus and Gaius. -\v 15 It would not be true that I baptized them in my name. +\v 15 It would not be true that I baptized them in my name. \v 16 (Now I remember that I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but other than those people, I do not remember baptizing anyone else in Corinth.) \s5 -\v 17 The most important reason Christ sent me was not to baptize people but to tell everyone the good news about him. I proclaimed the good news not so it was established by human wisdom and with the use of clever words, but so that the message is built on the foundation of the work of Christ when he died on the cross. - - +\v 17 The most important work Christ sent me to do was to tell everyone the good news about him, not to baptize people. I did not proclaim the good news using human wisdom or clever words so instead I could use the power of the work of Christ dying on the cross. \s5 \p -\v 18 For those who are dead to the things of God cannot know him. Christ died for them on the cross, but this message is pointless to them. However, for those of us whom God has rescued and brought to life, this message allows God to powerfully work in us. -\v 19 A prophet wrote in the Scriptures: +\v 18 For those who are dead to the things of God cannot understand him. Christ died for them on the cross, but this message is pointless to them. However, for those of us whom God has rescued and brought to life, this message allows God to powerfully work in us. +\v 19 A prophet wrote in the scriptures: \p \q "The wisdom of those who think they are wise, \q I will destroy, @@ -50,37 +46,30 @@ \q to be utter failures." \m - \s5 \p -\v 20 Where are the wise people of this world? They did not understand anything about God. Neither did the scholars, nor those skilled in debate. For God has shown that all their wisdom is foolishness. -\v 21 In the wisdom of God, unbelievers did not come to know God by their own wisdom. So God was pleased to use a message that they thought was foolish. That is message we proclaimed and it had power to save all who believe it. +\v 20 Where are the wise people of this world? They did not understand anything about God. Neither did the scholars, nor those skilled in debate. For God has shown that everything they call wisdom is really foolishness. +\v 21 In the wisdom of God, unbelievers did not come to know God by their own wisdom. So God was pleased to use a message that they thought was foolish. That is message we proclaimed and it had power to save all who believe it. \s5 \v 22 The Jews wanted public displays of miraculous power before they would follow anyone. The Greeks are looking for wisdom through new and fresh ways of thinking about spiritual ideas. \v 23 But we proclaim a message about Christ, who died on a cross. For the Jews this message about the cross of Christ is something they cannot receive because death on a cross brings a curse with it. To the Greeks it is too foolish to deserve their attention. \s5 -\v 24 But for us, we whom God called so we can know him, Christ is his power to rescue from destruction and it is the wisdom to know God and to learn about him. The good news is not tied to any race or philosophy; in Christ there is no distinction between Jews and all the other nations and races on earth. - -\v 25 For what appears foolish to God is wiser that the most brilliant ideas human beings can imagine. And the weakest part of God's nature is stronger than the strongest and greatest human being who ever lived. - - +\v 24 But for us, we whom God called so we can know him, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely by sending Christ to die for us. The good news is not tied to any race or philosophy; in Christ there is no distinction between Jews and all the other nations and races on earth. +\v 25 For the things of God that appears foolish are really wiser that the most brilliant ideas human beings can imagine. And the things of God that appear weakest are stronger than the strongest and greatest human being who ever lived. \s5 \p -\v 26 Brothers and sisters, look at the kind of person you were when God called you. See how unimportant you were. You were not the wisest of people. You were not important enough for people to obey you. You had no important ancestors. -\v 27 Instead, God chose the things that made no sense to unbelievers, in order to stop them from praising themselves. God chose to use things that were weak, to put to shame the things they believed were so strong. +\v 26 Brothers and sisters, look at the kind of person you were when God called you. See how unimportant you were. You were not the wisest of people. You were not important enough for people to obey you. You had no important ancestors. +\v 27 Instead, God chose the things that made no sense to unbelievers so that they would stop praising themselves. God chose to use things that were weak to put to shame the things they believed were so strong. \s5 -\v 28 God chose what the unbelievers think is of no importance in order to show that the things they consider to be important, have no value. +\v 28 God chose what the unbelievers think is of no importance in order to show that the things they consider to be important have no value. \v 29 God did this so that no human being could have any reason to praise himself and he should offer God all praise instead. \s5 -\v 30 Because of what God has done, you are now joined to Christ Jesus, who has made clear to us how wise God is, he has put us right with God, he has set us apart for God, and he has rescued us and brought us to safety. -\v 31 So, as the Scriptures say: +\v 30 Because of what God has done, you are now joined to Christ Jesus, who has made clear to us how wise God is. He has put us right with God, he has set us apart for God, and he has rescued us and brought us to safety. +\v 31 So, as the scriptures say: \q "The one who praises himself should praise himself only in what the Lord has done for him." \m - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/02.usfm b/47-1CO/02.usfm index e09b6af5..9216c0a3 100644 --- a/47-1CO/02.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/02.usfm @@ -1,27 +1,23 @@ - \s5 \c 2 - \p \v 1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not make beautiful speeches, nor did I repeat to you the things that wise men said. I told you the hidden truths about God. - \v 2 I decided not to talk to you about anything other than Jesus Christ and his death on the cross. \s5 -\v 3 When I was with you, you know how physically weak I was. You know that fear filled my heart, and that you saw me trembling in terror because of my enemies. +\v 3 You know how weak I was when I was with you. You know that fear filled my heart, and that you saw me trembling in terror. \v 4 But you heard my message, and you know that when I spoke to you I did not give carefully planned speeches. Instead, the Spirit of God showed you that I was speaking the truth because of the power of the miracles he did through me. -\v 5 I taught this way so you might trust in God because of his power, and not because of anything having to do with human wisdom. - +\v 5 I taught this way so you might trust in God because of his power, and not because of anything having to do with human wisdom. \s5 \p -\v 6 Now we speak to those who trust in Christ like those who have grown up in their faith. But you now have wisdom and it has nothing to do with the kings and governors who are in this life, but they are all soon to pass away. -\v 7 We proclaim wisdom that God had kept hidden until now, for God made these wise decisions before he created the world, and he did this in order to honor us. +\v 6 Now it is to those who trust fully in Christ that we speak. You now have wisdom, and that wisdom has nothing to do with the kings and governors in this life, all of whom will soon pass away. +\v 7 No, we proclaim wisdom that God has kept hidden until now; that wisdom is the wise things God decided to do before he created the world, and he decided to do those things so that he and other beings would someday honor us. \s5 -\v 8 None of those who rule this world knew about God's wise plans. If they had understood them, they never would have nailed the Lord to the cross, but they should have honored Christ instead. -\v 9 But in the Scriptures it says: +\v 8 None of those who rule this world knew about God's wise plans. If they had understood them, they never would have nailed the Lord, the one who is so very great, to the cross. +\v 9 But in the scriptures it says: \q "Things that no one has seen, \q no one has heard, \q no one could imagine, @@ -37,13 +33,10 @@ \v 13 We teach these lessons that people schooled in the wisdom of this world cannot understand. These lessons are taught only by the Spirit of God. He helps us understand what these lessons mean. \s5 -\v 14 The one who does not know God cannot accept the insights that come from the Spirit of God. To that person they sound like the lessons of fools. Only people who have the wisdom that comes from God can understand these things. -\v 15 The one who knows God makes judgments about all matters, but he does not have to come under the judgment of other people. +\v 14 The one who does not know God cannot accept these spiritual lessons. To him they sound like the lessons of fools. Even if he wanted to accept them, he would be unable to, because only people who have the wisdom that comes from God can understand these things. +\v 15 The one who knows God evaluates all matters, but God will not accept their evaluation of him. \v 16 As one of our prophets wrote: \q "It is impossible for anyone to know all that is in the mind of the Lord. \q No one is able to teach God." \m But we can know the very thoughts of Christ. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/03.usfm b/47-1CO/03.usfm index 3f9f3b95..ae28de2a 100644 --- a/47-1CO/03.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/03.usfm @@ -1,63 +1,55 @@ - \s5 \c 3 - \p \v 1 My brothers and sisters, when I was with you, you were not ready to hear the difficult truths about God. I could speak to you only as if you were little children who are joined to Christ. -\v 2 I taught you things that were easy to understand, as a mother feeds milk to her babies. You were not ready for meat. And even now, you are not ready. +\v 2 I taught you things that were easy to understand, as a mother feeds milk to her babies. You were not ready for solid food. And even now, you are not ready. \s5 -\v 3 Even though you are Christians, you are still acting as unbelievers. I know this, because many of you are jealous and quarreling with each other, and you are judging things just as if you were still unbelievers. -\v 4 You are tearing the church into pieces, because some of you say you are following what I, Paul, have taught; others say they are following what Apollos has taught. You are acting as unbelievers. - +\v 3 I say this because you are still acting as unbelievers even though you are Christians. I know you are not ready because many of you are jealous and quarreling with each other, and you are judging things just as if you were still unbelievers. +\v 4 Some of you say you are following what I, Paul, have taught; others say they are following what Apollos has taught. You are acting the way unbelievers act. \p \v 5 Compared to the great work that God has done in your lives, Apollos is not important. Neither is Paul important. We are both servants, and we serve the same God in the ways that he has assigned to us. + \s5 \v 6 Even though I was the first to plant the seed of God's word in you, it was Apollos who made sure you grew in faith. But it was God alone who can give spiritual growth to you. \v 7 Let me say it again: The ones who plant the seeds and water them, we do not matter in the least. God is the one who gives the growth. You are like a garden that he has planted. \s5 -\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working in the same job, and each one individually will receive a wage as a reward. The reward is the amount he is paid measured by how hard each one worked. -\v 9 We are working together with God and we both belong to God. But as for you, God is growing you in his field. It is as if he were building you up to become his dwelling. - +\v 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are working in the same job, and each one individually will receive a wage as a reward. The reward is the amount he is paid measured by how hard each one worked. +\v 9 We are working together with God and we both belong to God. But as for you, God is growing you in his field. It is as if he were constructing a building out of you. \s5 \p -\v 10 God freely gave me a task to do for him. I worked among you like an expert builder with great care. But after me, someone else will build on what I began. Everyone builds on what others did before. But each one must be careful how they build. +\v 10 God generously gave me the skills so I can do this task for him. I worked among you like an expert builder with great care. But after me, someone else will build on what I began. Everyone builds on what others did before. But each one must be careful how they build. \v 11 For no other foundation can be laid other than the one that has already been set in place. That foundation is Jesus Christ. \s5 -\v 12 We are like builders who choose what to put on top of that foundation. Builders chose materials from among the gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and straw. -\v 13 God will judge our work and put on display what each of us has done for him. He will send fire to test the work we have done. That fire will also prove to God how hard we worked for him. +\v 12 We are like builders who choose what to put on top of that foundation. Builders can chose to use valuable materials like gold, silver, and precious stones, or they can choose to use worthless materials like wood, hay, and straw. +\v 13 God will judge our work and put on display what each of us has done for him. He will send fire to test the work we have done. That fire will prove the quality of the work that we did for him. \s5 -\v 14 If a person's work survives the fire that tests what he built, he will receive a reward for his work. -\v 15 But if the fire burns up all his work, he will lose all his reward, but God can still save him. Even though the flames completely devoured everything he did. - +\v 14 If what a person builds survives the fire that tests what he built, he will receive a reward for his work, +\v 15 But if the fire burns up all his work, he will lose all his reward, but God can still save him, even though the flames completely devour everything he did. \s5 \p \v 16 Surely you know that you are the dwelling place where God lives, that you are his temple. Surely you know that the Spirit of God lives inside of you. -\v 17 God promises that he will destroy anyone who attempts to destroy his temple. This is because his temple belongs to him alone. And he protects you by the same promise, because, you are now his temple and you belong to him alone! - +\v 17 God promises that he will destroy anyone who attempts to destroy his temple. This is because his temple belongs to him alone. And he protects you by the same promise because you are now his temple and you belong to him alone! \s5 \p -\v 18 Be on guard that you do not deceive yourself. If any of you thinks he has great wisdom that unbelievers will admire, he should be careful. He would be far better off if he leaves alone all the things that unbelievers want, even if they consider him to be a fool for doing so. When he leaves those things alone, he will begin to learn what is true wisdom. -\v 19 What the world considers to be great wisdom, is really foolishness to God. For Scripture says, +\v 18 Be on guard that you do not deceive yourselves. If any of you thinks he has great wisdom that unbelievers will admire, he should be careful. He would be far better off if he leaves alone all the things that unbelievers want, even if they consider him a fool for doing so. When he leaves those things alone, he will begin to learn what is true wisdom. +\v 19 What the world considers to be great wisdom is really foolishness to God. For scripture says, \q "God catches the wise in their own foolish plans." \m -\v 20 And again Scripture teaches, +\v 20 And again scripture teaches, \q "The Lord overhears all the planning of the wise, and he knows that in the end, they will lose everything." \m \s5 \p -\v 21 So stop admiring what unbelievers want, and stop being proud of doing those things. For God has given you all things. How does that compare to anything unbelievers can give you? -\v 22 God gave you Paul, and he gave you Apollos, and Peter. And God gave you this world, and your life, and his victory over death. And God gives you all that is and all that will be in the future—they are all yours; -\v 23 and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's. - - - +\v 21 So stop boasting about how good one Christian leader is or how good another Christian leader is. For God has given you all things. +\v 22 God gave you Paul, and he gave you Apollos, and Peter. And God gave you this world, and your life, and his victory over death. And God gives you everything that exists and everything that will exist in the future—they are all yours; +\v 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. diff --git a/47-1CO/04.usfm b/47-1CO/04.usfm index 25ddeb1f..7d4bac43 100644 --- a/47-1CO/04.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/04.usfm @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ - \s5 -\c 4 - +c 4 \p \v 1 A person should consider us as servants of Christ, and as those to whom God entrusted the hidden truths in the good news. \v 2 We must faithfully do the work that God has given us to do because he trusts us to do it. \s5 -\v 3 If a human being, or even a court of law, judges my life, I think little about it. I am not able even to judge myself. +\v 3 If a human being, or even a court of law, judges my life, I think little about it. I do not consider it worthwhile to judge myself. \v 4 I am not aware of anyone who accuses me of doing wrong. But that does not mean that I am innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. \s5 @@ -16,9 +14,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 6 Now, brothers and sisters, the rule we follow is "do not go beyond what is written." Apollos and I live by it. For your sakes we teach only in this way. This keeps you thinking about the word God that you are learning. It keeps you from being too proud about the people who are teaching it to you, whether it is I or Apollos. -\v 7 There is no difference between you and any other believers. All of you have received everything as a gift. None of you is better than any other. None of you should boast like you are different from all the rest. We are all just the same. - +\v 6 Now, brothers and sisters, the rule we follow is "Do not go beyond what they have written in the scriptures." Apollos and I live by it. For your sakes we teach only in this way so you can learn from us. It keeps you from being too proud about the people who are teaching it to you, whether it is I or Apollos. +\v 7 There is no difference between you and any other believer. All of you have received everything as a gift. None of you is better than any other. None of you should boast like you are different from all the rest. We are all just the same. \s5 \p @@ -26,30 +23,25 @@ \v 9 But in reality, it seems that God has put us apostles on display at the end of a line of prisoners being paraded after a battle. We are like men who have been sentenced to death; we have been put on display for the whole world to see, both angels and human beings. \s5 -\v 10 We apostles look to others like we are fools for Christ, and yet you see yourselves as wise people. We appear weak, but you seem to be the strong ones! You praise and honor yourselves, but we apostle are the ones who other people hate. +\v 10 Others think of us apostles as fools because we live for Christ, and yet you see yourselves as wise people. We appear weak, but you seem to be the strong ones! You praise and honor yourselves, but we apostle are the ones who other people hate. \v 11 Up to this present time we apostles go around hungry and thirsty. We have been so poor we could not afford our own clothing. Officials have brutally beaten us again and again. We have no place to call our home. \s5 -\v 12 We work with our hands to make a living. When others curse us, we bless them in return. When others make us suffer, we endure it. +\v 12 We work hard with our hands to make a living. When others curse us, we bless them in return. When others make us suffer, we endure it. \v 13 When people tell lies about us, we answer by being kind to them. And yet, they treat us like the garbage of the world and like the filth that people want to throw into a garbage heap. - \s5 \p \v 14 I am not trying to shame you, but I want to correct you as a loving parent would correct a child. -\v 15 If you had ten thousand teachers telling you about Christ, you would still only have only one spiritual father. I became your father in Christ when you believed the good news that I preached to you. +\v 15 If you had ten thousand teachers telling you about Christ, you would still only have only one spiritual father. I became your father in Christ when you believed the good news that I preached to you. \v 16 So I urge you to follow my example. \s5 \v 17 That is why I sent Timothy to you. I love him, and he is my faithful child. He will remind you of how I live as I am joined to Christ. I teach the same things everywhere we go and in every church we visit. - \p \v 18 Some of you have become proud. You live as though I might not come back to you soon. \s5 \v 19 But if the Lord wants me to come, I will come to you soon. Then I will learn not only how these arrogant people talk, but I will find out whether they have God's power in them. \v 20 God's kingdom is not about what you say; it is about God's power. -\v 21 What would you want me to do? Should I come to punish you with a rod, or should I come so you can see how much I love you by how gentle I am to you? - - - +\v 21 What would you want me to do? Should I come to punish you with harsh discipline, or should I come so you can see how much I love you by how gentle I am to you? diff --git a/47-1CO/05.usfm b/47-1CO/05.usfm index 97692d73..16a43ee8 100644 --- a/47-1CO/05.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/05.usfm @@ -1,38 +1,29 @@ - \s5 -\c 5 - - +c 5 \p -\v 1 People have told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a lover who is his father's wife. +\v 1 People have told us that there is someone in your church who is living in sexual immorality, a kind of immorality that even the unbelievers do not allow. A man has a lover who is his father's wife. \v 2 You have been so arrogant! Rather you should have wept over this sin, for this harms the whole church. You must put this man out of your church. \s5 \v 3 I am not with you physically, but I am very concerned for you all, and I am with you in my spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as if I were with you. -\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, I am worshiping with you—and I have already judged this person. -\v 5 You should turn this man over to Satan, so that his physical body might be destroyed. We have the hope that God will still save him when the Lord returns. - +\v 4 When you gather together for worship under the authority of the Lord Jesus, I am worshiping with you—and I have already judged this person. +\v 5 You should turn this man over to Satan out into the world, so that his physical body might be destroyed. We have the hope that he will repent and God will still save him when the Lord returns. \s5 \p \v 6 It is not good that you are praising yourselves. Surely you know that evil is like yeast: a little yeast makes the whole loaf rise. -\v 7 Sin is like that yeast. You must clean out the old yeast and throw it away so that it cannot affect the whole batch of dough. You are like an unleavened batch of dough. As in the Passover Festival, the yeast must be kept away from the bread. For Christ is our Passover lamb: he became the sacrifice for us. +\v 7 Sin is like that yeast. You must clean out the old yeast and throw it away so that it cannot infect the whole batch of dough. You are like an unleavened batch of dough. As in the Passover Festival, the yeast must be kept away from the bread. For Christ is our Passover lamb: he became the sacrifice for us. \v 8 So let us celebrate the Passover Festival, and let us follow all the rules of purification. We must throw out the old yeast, which stands for disobedience and wickedness, and we must celebrate the festival by obeying God and speaking truth to each other. If we do that, we will be like the bread that has no yeast. - - \s5 \p -\v 9 I wrote to you, that you must not be with sexually immoral people. -\v 10 Of course, I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who desire things that belong to others, or who seize things that belong to others, or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid all people like that. +\v 9 I wrote to you, that you must not keep company with sexually immoral people. +\v 10 Of course, I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who selfishly desire many things, or who trick and cheat to take from others, or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid all people like that. \s5 \v 11 Instead, I mean that you are not to be close friends with a fellow believer who is living in sexual immorality. We must include other sins, such as greed, or idolatry, or one who is abusive in the way he talks to others, or a drunkard, or a swindler. You must not even eat with these people who claim to trust in Christ, yet they do these terrible things. \v 12 For I have no obligation to judge those who are outside the church of Christ. Your duty is to judge the those who are in it. -\v 13 God is the one who will judge those who are outside the church. The Scriptures command us, +\v 13 God is the one who will judge those who are outside the church. The scriptures command us, \q "You must take away the evil person who is among you!" \m - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/06.usfm b/47-1CO/06.usfm index c444ef01..868de67c 100644 --- a/47-1CO/06.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/06.usfm @@ -1,35 +1,31 @@ - \s5 \c 6 - \p -\v 1 When you have a dispute with another believer, you should not take that matter before a civil judge who is not a believer. Take the matter to fellow believers, whom God has set apart for himself. +\v 1 When you have a dispute with another believer, you should not have the audacity to take that matter before a civil judge who is not a believer. Take the matter to fellow believers, whom God has set apart for himself. \v 2 You should know that we who belong to God will judge the world. If you will judge the world one day, you should be able to settle matters that are less important. \v 3 You should know that you will judge angels! Certainly you are able to judge matters in this life. \s5 \v 4 And if you can settle matters that are important in this life, you should not find it necessary to hand off disputes between Christians to be settled by unbelievers. -\v 5 I say this to show how you have failed in this matter. There certainly must be someone in the church who is wise enough to settle these disputes when these sort of cases come up between Christian brothers and sisters. +\v 5 I say this to show how you have disgraced yourselves. There certainly must be someone in the church who is sensible enough to settle these disputes when these sort of cases come up between Christian brothers and sisters. \v 6 But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in a civil court and you allow a judge who is an unbeliever to settle the matter! \s5 - \p -\v 7 When you have any disputes between one another, it means that you have not done what you should have done. Allow a brother or sister to take advantage of you rather than you take them to court. +\v 7 When you have any disputes between one another it means that you have not done what you should have done. Allow a brother or sister to take advantage of you rather than you take them to court. \v 8 Instead, you have wronged and cheated others, and the ones you cheated are your own brothers and sisters. \s5 \p -\v 9 Surely you understand that God will never accept to rule over those who are wicked. Do not believe them when they tell you otherwise. The truth is that the sexually immoral, those who worship anything or anyone other than God, those who break their marriage vows, those who engage in perverse acts of so-called worship involving sex, and those who engage in the practice of homosexuality, -\v 10 those who steal, the ones who are greedy for more, those who get drunk, the ones tell lies about others, and those who steal from others who trust in them—God will never agree to rule over them. +\v 9 Surely you understand that the wicked will not come under God's rule. Do not believe them when they tell you otherwise. The truth is that the sexually immoral, those who worship anything or anyone other than God, those who break their marriage vows, those who engage in perverse acts of so-called worship involving sex, and those who engage in the practice of homosexuality, +\v 10 those who steal, the ones who are greedy for more, those who get drunk, those who tell lies about others, and those who trick and cheat to steal from others—these will never come under Gods' rule. \v 11 Some of you used to do these things. But God has made you clean from your sins, he has set you apart for himself, and he has made you right with himself. He has done all this through the power of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God. \s5 - \p -\v 12 Some say this: "I am free to do anything I want, because I joined to Christ." Yes, but because something is permitted does not mean it is good for me. "I am free to do anything I want"—but I will not allow anything to become my master. -\v 13 People also say, "Food is made for a person to eat, and a person is made to eat food"—but God will soon do away with both food and people. Of course, they are really talking about sleeping with people. However, God did not make our bodies so we could be sexually immoral. But the body is to serve the Lord, and the Lord will provide for the body. +\v 12 Some say this: "I am free to do anything I want, because I am joined to Christ." Yes, but because something is permitted does not mean it is good for me. "I am free to do anything I want"—but I will not allow anything to become my master. +\v 13 People also say, "Food is made for a person's body to digest, and a person's body is made to digest food"—but God will soon do away with both food and the body's normal functions. Of course, they are really talking about sleeping with people. However, God did not make our bodies so we could be sexually immoral. But the body is to serve the Lord, and the Lord will provide for the body. \s5 \v 14 God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will also raise us up by his power to live again. @@ -37,10 +33,9 @@ \v 15 You should know that your bodies are joined to Christ. Should you take away that which is a part of Christ and join it together with a prostitute? Never! \s5 -\v 16 You understand that anyone who sleeps with a prostitute becomes united with her. It is like the Scriptures say about marriage: "The two will become one." +\v 16 You understand that anyone who sleeps with a prostitute becomes united with her. It is like the scriptures say about marriage: "The two will become one." \v 17 And those who are joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. - \s5 \p \v 18 So when you want to commit a sexual sin, run away from it as quickly as you can! People say, "Every sin that a person commits is committed outside the body"—except that when one sins sexually, he sins against his own body. @@ -48,6 +43,3 @@ \s5 \v 19 You should know that your body is a dwelling place, a temple of the Holy Spirit within you. God gave you his Spirit and now you no longer belong to yourself. Instead, you belong to God. \v 20 God purchased you with the price of his Son's life. Therefore honor God in all you do in your human body. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/07.usfm b/47-1CO/07.usfm index 39e34496..a7933847 100644 --- a/47-1CO/07.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/07.usfm @@ -1,34 +1,29 @@ - \s5 \c 7 - \p \v 1 You wrote to me some questions about how married believers should live. Here is my answer. There may be times in which it is good to abstain from sleeping together in marriage. \v 2 But people are tempted very often to be sexually immoral. So each husband should have his own wife, and each wife should have her own husband. \s5 \v 3 And each married believer should have the right to sleep with with his or her spouse. - \v 4 For the husband gives control of his body to his wife. And the wife gives control of her body to her husband. \s5 \v 5 So do not deprive one another of sleeping together, unless you both agree to abstain from it for a short period of time, so that you may pray. But after that time is over, come together again. Do not allow Satan to tempt you because you cannot control yourself. \p -\v 6 I am not commanding you to get married, but I know that many of you are married or will wish to marry. +\v 6 I am not commanding you to get married, but I will compromise because I know that many of you are married or will wish to marry. \v 7 My example is before you: I am single, and sometimes I wish that each of you were single in order to serve God. But God gives many different gifts to his children; he makes some able to be married, and others to remain single. - \s5 \p \v 8 To those of you who have never married and those whose husbands have died, I say that it would be good if you continue to be single, like me. \v 9 But if it is hard for you to control yourself, you should get married. It is better for you to marry than to suffer from strong sexual desires. - \s5 \p -\v 10 The Lord gives his own commands to you who are married: "The wife should not separate from her husband." -\v 11 (But if she separates from her husband, she should not marry again, or else she should make peace with her husband.) And, "the husband should not divorce his wife." These are the commands of the Lord. +\v 10 The Lord gives his own commands to you who are married: "The wife should not separate from her husband." +\v 11 (But if she separates from her husband, she should not marry again, or else she should make peace with her husband.) And, "the husband should not divorce his wife." \s5 \p @@ -41,7 +36,6 @@ \v 15 However, if the unbelieving spouse wants to leave you, you should let that person go. In this situation, the vow you took when you married is no longer binding on you. God has called us to peace. \v 16 You do not know how God may work through the life you live before your unbelieving spouse. And you do not know whether your life may become a means by which God might save your husband or your wife. - \s5 \p \v 17 We must live the life the Lord has assigned us to live, and to obey the call God gave us. This is the principle in all the churches. @@ -50,12 +44,11 @@ \s5 \v 20 So continue to live and work as you did when God called you to trust in Christ. -\v 21 If you were a slave when God saved you, do not worry about it. Of course, if you have the chance to buy your freedom, take advantage of it and become free. +\v 21 If you were a slave when God saved you, do not worry about it. Of course, if you have the chance to gain your freedom, take advantage of it and become free. \v 22 This is because anyone who the Lord calls a slave is a free person because of the Lord. In the same way, you become God's slave when he calls you, even if you were never a slave to anyone. \v 23 God bought you with the price of his Son; your freedom is precious. So do not become slaves of humans. \v 24 Brothers and sisters in Christ, whatever you were when God called you, whether you were slave or free, remain in that same position. - \s5 \p \v 25 Regarding the question about those who have never married, I will give my views, but I have no specific commandment from the Lord on this question. But you can have confidence in my reply because, by the Lord's mercy, he confirms my trustworthiness in these matters. @@ -63,37 +56,30 @@ \s5 \v 27 To you who are married, I say: do not seek to be freed from your vow. -\v 28 But to the men who are single, I say, if you marry, you have committed no sin. I give the same advice to the single women: if you get married, you have committed no sin. However, if you marry, you will find many troubles, so I advise you to remain single. - +\v 28 But to the men who are single, I say, if you marry, you have committed no sin. I give the same advice to the single women: if you get married, you have committed no sin. However, if you marry, you will find many troubles, so I advise you to remain single. \s5 \p \v 29 This is what I mean about the time in which we are living, brothers and sisters: we have a short amount of time left. From now on those who are married will have to live as though they were not married, because of all the trouble that is coming. -\v 30 Those who are filled with grief should not shed a tear. Those who rejoiced over some wonderful event, should have no joy on their faces or in their hearts. Those who spent money to buy something they wanted, should take no delight in it; they should live as if they owned nothing. +\v 30 Those who are filled with grief should not cry. Those who rejoiced over some wonderful event, should have no joy on their faces. Those who spent money to buy something, should take no delight in it; they should live as if they owned nothing. \v 31 And those who deal with unbelievers should live as if they had nothing to do with them anymore. For this world system is about to crumble into nothing. - \s5 \p \v 32 I want you to be free from things to worry about. As you see, the unmarried man is concerned about the matters that are important to the Lord. He wants to serve the Lord and do what he wants. -\v 33 But the man who is married must also concern himself for the day to day matters of the world as well as serving and pleasing his wife. -\v 34 Those who are married have two kinds of concern that are pulling against each other. It is the same with widows and girls who have not married: as believing women, they are concerned to spend their time serving the Lord. They are thinking about how to live in the way that God has set them apart for himself. But married women are also concerned about the matters of the world that touch everyone else also. And in addition to that concern, they also want to please their husbands. +\v 33 But the man who is married must also concern himself for the ordinary matters of the world as well as serving and pleasing his wife. +\v 34 Those who are married have two kinds of concern that are pulling against each other. It is the same with widows and young ladies who have not married: as believing women, they are concerned to spend their time serving the Lord with their physical abilities and their attitudes. But married women are concerned about the matters of the world that affects how to please their husbands. \s5 -\v 35 I tell you this to help you. I do not want to give you any command. If you follow my advice, you will find it easier to serve the Lord without worrying about things that married people worry about. - +\v 35 I tell you this to help you. I do not want to put obstructions in your way. If you follow my advice, you will find it easier to serve the Lord without worrying about things that married people worry about. \s5 \p -\v 36 If a man has promised to marry a woman, but if he finds he is not treating her with respect because of his sexual desires, he should get married. This is not a sin. +\v 36 If a man has promised to marry a woman, but if he finds he is not treating her with respect because his sexual desires are too strong, he should get married. This is not a sin. \v 37 But if he has decided that he does not desire to marry at the present time, and if he can control his sexual desires, he makes a good decision not to marry. \v 38 So the one who marries his fiancée does a good thing and does not sin; and the one who chooses not to marry also chooses something even better. - \s5 \p \v 39 A woman must remain with her husband as long as he lives; if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but she must marry only someone who has faith in the Lord. \v 40 However, it is my judgment that a widow will be happier if she does not marry again. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/08.usfm b/47-1CO/08.usfm index f37f6fe4..8525fe4f 100644 --- a/47-1CO/08.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/08.usfm @@ -1,17 +1,14 @@ - \s5 -\c 8 - +c 8 \p \v 1 Now, about the question you asked regarding eating food that was offered to idols: We know that people say, "We all have knowledge." But if you think you know a lot, you can become very proud of yourself. If, however, when you love others, you help them grow strong in their faith. -\v 2 The truth is that if someone thinks he knows something, he has not yet learned the things he needs to know. +\v 2 The truth is that if someone assumes he knows something, he has not yet learned the humbleness he needs to know. \v 3 When you love God, God knows you. - \s5 \p -\v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with the principle that idols in this world are nothing. We have no doubt that "there is only one God." So idols are not real gods, they are not living gods at all. +\v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with the principle that idols in this world are nothing. We have no doubt that "there is only one God." So idols are not real gods, they are not living gods at all. \v 5 Those many so-called gods and lords have temples, and people worship them as though they where alive in the heavens or on the earth. \v 6 Scripture says this clearly, \q "Yet for us there is one God, the Father, @@ -19,10 +16,9 @@ \q And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ; \q1 he made everything there is, and he is the one who gives us life. - \s5 \p -\v 7 But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and, now, if they ate food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They were torn between two opinions, they were weak in their faith in Christ, but they felt they were honoring an idol when they bought food that had been offered to it. +\v 7 But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and, now, if they ate food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They were torn between two opinions, they were weak in their faith in Christ, but they felt they were honoring an idol when they bought food that had been offered to it. \s5 \v 8 We know that the food we eat does not make us better or worse before God. @@ -33,6 +29,3 @@ \v 11 As a result, if your weaker brother or sister sees you eat meat offered to idols because you have freedom in your mind to eat that food but they did not have the same freedom—your freedom to eat that food could destroy your brother or sister for whom Christ died. \v 12 So, you sin against your weaker brothers and sisters when you encourage them to do something that their sense of right and wrong tells them not to do. This is sinning against Christ. \v 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother or sister to fall down in their relationship with God, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes them to fall. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/09.usfm b/47-1CO/09.usfm index 8733b58f..56c3625b 100644 --- a/47-1CO/09.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/09.usfm @@ -1,64 +1,55 @@ - \s5 -\c 9 - +c 9 \p \v 1 To people who criticize how I work, I reply like this: I am an apostle. I have seen Jesus our Lord. I am free. You are the result of the work I did—you are my workmanship. \v 2 Even if some others do not think I am a true apostle, I am a true apostle to you. By the Lord's stamp of approval, you are the proof that I am a true apostle. - \s5 \p -\v 3 This is how I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle because I do not live on money that you believers give me. +\v 3 I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle by not using money that you believers give me for payment for my service. \v 4 Of course we have the right to live on such money. -\v 5 We can certainly travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas. +\v 5 We certainly have the right to travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas. \v 6 No one made a rule that only Barnabas and I must work to support ourselves. \s5 \v 7 No soldiers serves in the army at his own expense. No one plants a vineyard without being able to eat the grapes or drink the wine. No one shepherds a flock and without drinking some of the milk that comes from the animals. - \p \v 8 This is common sense. But the law says this as well. \s5 -\v 9 For the law of Moses, "When an ox is treading out the grain, do not stop it from eating some of it." There is something else God is concerned about in this law. -\v 10 This law is about us. Moses is saying that those who work in any job should benefit from the fruit of that work, just like the ox eating the grain on which he is treading, just like an an apostle over his church. +\v 9 For the law of Moses says, "When an ox is treading out the grain, do not stop it from eating some of it." There is more that God is concerned about in this law. +\v 10 This law is about us. Moses is saying that those who work in any job should benefit from the fruit of that work, just like the ox eating the grain on which he is treading. \v 11 If we have sown the seed of the good news to you, is it too much for us to receive money from you in our support? \s5 \v 12 If others received this kind of help from you, we have certainly proven that we deserve it even more. \p However, we have not accepted anything from you, even though we were entitled to it. Instead, we endure all kinds of hardships so that we do not make it more difficult for people to believe in the good news about Christ. - \v 13 Certainly you know that those who helped carry out the sacrifices offered to God in the temple received some of those offerings for their own needs. They received some of the food offered to God. -\v 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good news are to receive their living wages from the good news. They receive part of what is given to God for their needs. +\v 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good news are to receive their living wages from the good news. They receive part of what is given to God for their needs. \s5 \p -\v 15 But I have not demanded this money for myself. And that is not why I am writing this to you now. I would rather die than for you to pay me. I will not demand this because I did not claim my right to be supported by you—my reason for boasting. -\v 16 If I proclaim the good news, I am not doing anything for which I should boast. I must preach the good news. I would grieve with many tears if I could not do what God called me to do. +\v 15 But I have not demanded any of these things for myself. And that is not why I am writing this to you now. I would rather die than have you pay me. I will not demand this because this is my reason for boasting. +\v 16 If I proclaim the good news, I am not doing anything for which I should boast. I feel obliged to preach the good news. I would grieve with many tears if I could not do what God called me to do. \s5 \v 17 When I preach the good news freely, I have a great reward. But even if I did not preach it freely, I would still have to do it, because God trusted me to do this work for him. \v 18 So what is the reward that God gives me? It is that when I preach the good news to people who do not support me, I offer it freely, without putting anyone under obligation to me. They receive the good news without costing them any money, and I do not receive from them anything they owe me. \s5 - \p -\v 19 I am free from all obligations and I owe nothing to anyone. No one owns me anything, but I am a servant to everyone, so that I might persuade more and more people to trust in Christ. +\v 19 I am not obligated to anyone, but I am a servant to everyone, so that I might persuade more and more people to trust in Christ. \v 20 When working with Jewish people, I become like a Jew, so that I may win them to Christ. To those who were living under the law I lived as they lived, in order that those living under the law may trust in Christ as I trust in him. I lived as they lived, even though I am not living my life by the law's demands. \s5 \v 21 When I am with those who are non-Jews, those who live apart from the law of Moses, I became like them (though I myself am not outside God's law, and I am obedient to the law of Christ), so that I can persuade those apart from the law to trust in Christ. -\v 22 To those who are weak about rules and laws, I lived as they did, so I could persuade them to trust in Christ. I have lived under rules and many ways and with all kinds of people so that in any way God chooses to work, God will rescue some of them. +\v 22 To those who are weak about rules and laws, I lived as they did, so I could persuade them to trust in Christ. I have lived under rules and with many life-styles and with all kinds of people so that in any way God chooses to work, God will rescue some of them. \v 23 I do all this so I may proclaim the good news about Christ, so that I will also experience the good things the good news brings to us. \s5 \p \v 24 You know when people run in a race, they all run, but only one of them wins the prize. So you also should run to win the prize. -\v 25 Every athlete is careful in how he trains. They are running for a wreath that quickly perishes and fades away. But we are running so we might receive a wreath that will last forever. +\v 25 Every athlete is careful in how he trains. They are running so one of them may get a crown of victory that is put on their heads; but it is made of olive leaves, and it quickly perishes and fades away. But we are running so we might receive a crown that will last forever. \v 26 Therefore, in everything I do, I do it for a purpose. I do not waste my effort or exhaust myself by striking the air like a boxer who has no opponent. \v 27 I discipline my body and I make it obey my commands. I do not want to preach the good news to others and then lose my reward because I failed to fulfill what he commanded me to do. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/10.usfm b/47-1CO/10.usfm index 935efa6d..cd6cc1e6 100644 --- a/47-1CO/10.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/10.usfm @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ - \s5 -\c 10 +c 10 \p -\v 1 I want you to remember, brothers and sisters, that our Jewish ancestors were following God, who led them out of Egypt by means of a cloud during the day, and that they passed through the sea of Reeds on dry land. +\v 1 I want you to remember, brothers and sisters, that our Jewish ancestors were following God, who led them out of Egypt by means of a cloud during the day, and that they passed through the Sea of Reeds on dry land. \v 2 And as we have been baptized into Christ, so the Israelites were to follow Moses as he followed God in the cloud and across the sea. -\v 3 They all ate the manna that God gave them from heaven, -\v 4 and they all drank the water given that God gave them when Moses struck the rock. The rock was Christ. +\v 3 They all ate the supernatural manna that God gave them from heaven, +\v 4 and they all drank the supernatural water that God gave them when Moses struck the rock. The rock was Christ. \s5 \v 5 But God was angry with most of them because they worshiped other gods and rebelled against him, so their dead bodies lay on the ground all across the wilderness. @@ -41,12 +40,12 @@ \s5 \v 20 But I am saying this: when non-Jews make their sacrifices, they are really making them to demons, and not to God at all. And I do not wish that you share anything with demons. -\v 21 You must not drink from the Lord's cup and then later drink the cup of demons. You must not share in the Lord's supper and then later eat a meal with demons. +\v 21 You must not drink from the Lord's cup and then later drink the cup of demons. You must not share in the Lord's supper and then later eat a meal with demons. \v 22 To do so would provoke the Lord to become jealous. You are not stronger than he is! \s5 \p -\v 23 Some say, "Everything is lawful," but not everything is for our good or for the good of other people. Yes, "everything is lawful," but not everything helps people to grow strong in their life with God. +\v 23 Some say, "Everything is lawful," but not everything is for our good or for the good of other people. Yes, "everything is lawful," but not everything helps people to grow strong in their life with God. \v 24 Do not work for your good only, but also for the good of other people. All of us must act toward everyone is such a way as to help them all. \s5 @@ -64,6 +63,3 @@ \v 31 The rule here is that whether you eat a meal or drink something offered to you, or whatever you do, do everything in a way so that you give praise to God. \v 32 Do not be offensive to Jews or to Greeks, nor even to those in the church of God, about matters such as these. \v 33 I make it my duty to please everyone I can, in every way that is possible. I do this by not seeking my own good. Instead, I try to build up other people by helping them, so that God might save them. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/11.usfm b/47-1CO/11.usfm index 125beebe..9014f311 100644 --- a/47-1CO/11.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/11.usfm @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@ - - \s5 -\c 11 +c 11 \p \v 1 Follow my example, just like I follow the example of Christ. - \p \v 2 I praise you because you remember me in all you do, and you hold tight to all the important teachings that I have passed down to you and you have kept them just as I taught them to you. \v 3 I want you to understand that Christ has authority over every man, and that a man has authority over a woman, and that God has authority over Christ. @@ -32,8 +29,7 @@ \v 13 Judge this for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God without a cover on her head? \v 14 Nature itself teaches us that it is a disgrace for a man to have long hair, \v 15 but they also teach that long hair for a woman is a display of her beauty. Her hair is given to her by God to cover her beauty. -\v 16 But if anyone in the church wishes to argue about this matter, we do not have any other custom than this, nor do any of the churches do anything different. - +\v 16 But if anyone in the church wishes to argue about this matter, we do not have any other custom than this, nor do any of the churches do anything different. \s5 \p @@ -42,11 +38,10 @@ \v 19 It appears that you have different groups among yourselves, some are approved and have places of honor, and others are not. \s5 -\v 20 When you come together you are not eating the Lord's Supper. +\v 20 When you come together you are not eating the Lord's Supper. \v 21 When you eat, one person brings an entire meal and eats it as soon as he arrives; he does not wait for anyone else. Another person goes hungry while other people drink so much wine that they get drunk. \v 22 You act as though you did not have houses to eat and drink in! You treat the church with dishonor, and you despise the purpose for which you gather. You humiliate those who are poor. I can say nothing good about this. This is a disgrace. - \s5 \p \v 23 For I have passed on to you what I received from the Lord, that on the night when the Lord Jesus was handed over to his enemies, he took bread, @@ -54,15 +49,14 @@ \s5 \v 25 After the same manner, he took the cup, after they had eaten, and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, remember me." -\v 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again. - +\v 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes again. \s5 \p \v 27 All who come to this celebration of the Lord's Supper should come to give honor to God in the way it is shared. Those who eat the bread and drink the cup must do so in a manner that honors the Lord. Anyone who dishonors the bread and the cup will be guilty of a sin against the body and blood of the Lord. \v 28 Therefore we should all examine ourselves before we take the communion. We should only eat the bread and drink the cup after we have examined our lives, our sins, and God's mercy. \v 29 Anyone who eats and drinks this Supper and does not consider that he is handling the Lord's body, eats and drinks the judgment of God on himself. -\v 30 Many among you are physically ill, and several have even died because of the way you have treated the Lord's Supper. +\v 30 Many among you are physically ill, and several have even died because of the way you have treated the Lord's Supper. \s5 \v 31 If we examine ourselves before we take the communion, God will not judge us. @@ -71,8 +65,5 @@ \s5 \p \v 33 My fellow believers, when you come together for the Lord's Supper, wait for one another. -\v 34 If one of you is hungry, eat at home—so that when you come together as the church, it will not be an occasion for God to discipline you. +\v 34 If one of you is hungry, eat at home—so that when you come together as the church, it will not be an occasion for God to discipline you. \p And when I come to you, I will give you instructions concerning the other matters you wrote me about. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/12.usfm b/47-1CO/12.usfm index 54d260f1..23e8ffb0 100644 --- a/47-1CO/12.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/12.usfm @@ -1,14 +1,11 @@ - \s5 -\c 12 - +c 12 \p \v 1 And now let me teach you about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters. I want you to know how to use them. \v 2 You may recall how, when you worshiped idols—idols that could not even speak a word—they led you astray. \v 3 The Spirit of God helps you declare, "Jesus Christ is Lord." No one who is filled with the Holy Spirit would ever say "May Jesus be accursed!" - \s5 \p \v 4 The Spirit gives many different gifts to the people of Christ, but he is the same Spirit. @@ -23,8 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 9 To another believer the Spirit gives the gift of trusting God for wonderful things. To still another person he gives the ability to pray to God for him to heal people. The Spirit gives a variety of gifts, but he is still the same Spirit of God. \v 10 The Spirit makes some believers able to do powerful deeds so that people will praise God. As for certain other believers, he makes them able to speak messages from God. The Spirit makes still other believers able to tell spirits who honor God from spirits who do not. To still others, the Spirit gives various kinds of languages in which to speak messages from God, and he makes others able to interpret those messages into our language. -\v 11 Again and again we see the many different gifts, but it is the same Spirit who gives these gifts to individuals, as he chooses. - +\v 11 Again and again we see the many different gifts, but it is the same Spirit who gives these gifts to individuals, as he chooses. \s5 \p @@ -62,6 +58,3 @@ \s5 \v 30 Can all of us heal the sick? Certainly not. Can all of us speak in special languages? Only some have that gift. Can all of us interpret messages into other languages? Only some can. We are all different in the gifts we have from God. \v 31 But I want you to eagerly seek after the greater gifts, especially those gifts that encourage and strengthen the church. And now, I will show you a more excellent way. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/13.usfm b/47-1CO/13.usfm index 7f24e132..54ad9548 100644 --- a/47-1CO/13.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/13.usfm @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ - \s5 -\c 13 - +c 13 \p \v 1 If I could speak so that I could amaze and persuade people to do what I wanted, or if I could speak with angels— but if I did not love people, I would be worth less than a gong or a cymbal, which does nothing but make noise. \v 2 If I could proclaim messages for God, and if I could explain secret truths about God, and if I trusted in God so much that I could move a mountain—but if I did not love people, I would be worth nothing. @@ -13,19 +11,16 @@ \v 4 If you truly love others, you will endure hardships with joy. If you truly love, you will be kind to others. If you truly love, you will not resent that other people possess things you do not have. If you truly love, you will not boast about yourself or be proud. \v 5 If you truly love others, you will not abuse them. You will not live to please yourself. No one will be able to make you angry quickly. You will not keep track of the wrong things people have done. \v 6 If you truly love others, you will not be happy if anyone does wicked things; instead, you will be happy when people are faithful to God. -\v 7 If you truly love others, you will endure everything that happens. You will trust that God will do the best things for people. You will trust in God regardless of what happens. You will obey God regardless of what hardships you are facing. +\v 7 If you truly love others, you will endure everything that happens. You will trust that God will do the best things for people. You will trust in God regardless of what happens. You will obey God regardless of what hardships you are facing. \s5 \p \v 8 If you truly love, you will not stop loving. Those who are able to speak God's messages, speak in strange language, or know hidden truths, do these things only for a while. One day they will stop doing these things. -\v 9 Now, in this life, we know only a small part of all there is to know. Those who proclaim God's messages do so only partially. +\v 9 Now, in this life, we know only a small part of all there is to know. Those who proclaim God's messages do so only partially. \v 10 But when things that are perfect happen, everything that is partial or incomplete will end. \s5 \v 11 When I was a small child, I talked like a child talks, I thought like a child thinks, and I made decisions like a child. But when I became an adult, I stopped acting like a child, and I started acting like an adult. \v 12 What we understand about God now, we understand very imperfectly, not well at all. But when Christ returns, we will see him face to face. Now we know only part of what is true. But then we will know him fully, just as he knows us fully. \v 13 It is important that we trust in Christ now. It is important that we are certain that he will do for us everything that he has promised. And it is important that we love him and each other. But the greatest of these three things is love. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/14.usfm b/47-1CO/14.usfm index f11334bd..408373c0 100644 --- a/47-1CO/14.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/14.usfm @@ -1,13 +1,11 @@ - \s5 -\c 14 - +c 14 \p \v 1 You must ask God earnestly to enable you to love others. Ask him also to enable you to strengthen your fellow believers with gifts that the Spirit will give you; ask him especially to make you able to proclaim his messages that he gives you to say. \v 2 When a person speaks in a language given by the Spirit, he is not speaking to people, because no one can understand him, but he is speaking to God. He is saying things to him as the Spirit leads him. \v 3 On the other hand, the prophet who proclaims the messages from God speaks directly to people. He does this in order to help them by making them stronger, to help them be unshakable, and to give them comfort so they can be happy even in hardship. -\v 4 A person who speaks in a language given by the Spirit builds himself up and gives himself help, but a person who proclaims the messages of God builds up everyone and helps everyone in the church to be stronger in their faith. +\v 4 A person who speaks in a language given by the Spirit builds himself up and gives himself help, but a person who proclaims the messages of God builds up everyone and helps everyone in the church to be stronger in their faith. \s5 \p @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ \v 12 So because you want very much for the Spirit to work through you, try to help the believers in the church to trust Christ and obey him. \p \v 13 For that reason, pray that God will enable you to interpret what you say in a language that God has given you. - \v 14 If anyone prays in such a language, his spirit certainly prays, but his mind does not. \s5 @@ -37,14 +34,12 @@ \s5 \v 17 For if you give thanks in your spirit, that is well and good for you, but you are not helping the other believers. - \v 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than any of you do. \v 19 But to the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, words with which I can teach others, than say ten thousand words in a language that God gives me. \s5 \p \v 20 Brothers and sisters, you should be like children who do not commit many kinds of sin. But when you think about yourselves and God, you should think well, and not like children. - \v 21 In the law it is written that God says, \q "I will speak to my people Israel \q by foreigners, men who speak in strange languages; @@ -59,16 +54,15 @@ \v 24 But if you were all taking turns speaking true messages from God, any unbeliever would realize that he was guilty of sinning against God. \v 25 God would tell the others there what this unbeliever was truly thinking. He would fall down with his face to the ground in wonder and fright, and he would praise God and say that God is truly with you. - \s5 \p -\v 26 Brothers and sisters, it should be this way when you worship God together. Each of you should come with a psalm to sing, or something to teach from the Scriptures, or something that God has told you, or with a message in a language that God has given, or with an interpretation of such a message. Everything you do together should encourage each other, for you are Christ's church. +\v 26 Brothers and sisters, it should be this way when you worship God together. Each of you should come with a psalm to sing, or something to teach from the scriptures, or something that God has told you, or with a message in a language that God has given, or with an interpretation of such a message. Everything you do together should encourage each other, for you are Christ's church. \v 27 If there are any who wish to speak a message in a language from God, there should be no more than two or three such persons. They should speak one at a time, and someone should interpret the messages. \v 28 However, if there is no one able to interpret those messages, then those who speak in languages from God should keep silent and speak only to God. \s5 \p -\v 29 If there are any who want to speak a message from God, there should be only two or three such persons; and everyone else should judge those messages according to what the Scriptures say. +\v 29 If there are any who want to speak a message from God, there should be only two or three such persons; and everyone else should judge those messages according to what the scriptures say. \v 30 But if God allows someone seated in the assembly to understand a message, then the one speaking the message should stop speaking. In this way, all the believers can listen to the meaning of the message. \s5 @@ -90,6 +84,3 @@ \p \v 39 So, brothers and sisters, with earnest desire speak God's messages to the church; and do not forbid anyone from speaking in languages that God gives. \v 40 All that you do in the worship of the church, should be done with decorum and in proper order. - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/15.usfm b/47-1CO/15.usfm index 94b0849d..284483bb 100644 --- a/47-1CO/15.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/15.usfm @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ - \s5 -\c 15 - +c 15 \p \v 1 And now I wish to remind you, brothers and sisters, about the good news I proclaimed to you. You believed this message and now you live according to it. \v 2 This good news saved you, as long as you hold firmly to it—unless you did not truly believe it. \s5 \p -\v 3 For I have passed on to you what others first told me, that Christ died for our sins, as the Scripture foretold he would; -\v 4 also that they buried him, and that God raised him to life on the third day, all in conformity with what the Scriptures said would happen. +\v 3 For I have passed on to you what others first told me, that Christ died for our sins, as the scripture foretold he would; +\v 4 also that they buried him, and that God raised him to life on the third day, all in conformity with what the scriptures said would happen. \s5 \v 5 Then Christ appeared to Cephas (known as Peter), and then he appeared to the rest of the apostles. @@ -23,15 +21,11 @@ \s5 \v 10 But God has been very kind to me, so he did many good things through me. Really, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. Still, it was not really I who worked, but God, who gave me the strength. - - \v 11 So whether it is the other apostles or I who preached to you, we proclaimed the good news about Christ, and you believed us. - \s5 \p \v 12 Now some of you are saying that those who are now dead will not rise anymore. This cannot be true, because we have announced to you that Christ rose from the dead. - \v 13 If no one rises from the dead, then God certainly has not raised Christ. \v 14 And if he has not raised Christ from the dead, then what we preach makes no sense at all, and what you believe about Christ can do nothing for you in your life or in your death. @@ -47,26 +41,25 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 But in fact, God has raised Christ from the dead, and he is only the first of the many people that he will raise. -\v 21 For everyone in the world dies because of what Adam did. However, those who have died will live again—also because of what a person has done, that is the man Christ Jesus. +\v 21 For everyone in the world dies because of what Adam did. However, those who have died will live again—also because of what a person has done, that is the man Christ Jesus. + \s5 \v 22 Because, just as all die because Adam sinned, in the same way, all will live again because of Christ has done. - \v 23 But they will rise from the dead in a certain order: Christ is the first to have risen from the dead; then those who are joined to Christ will live again when he returns to earth. \s5 \v 24 Then the world will come to an end, when Christ will present all the world to God the Father, for him to rule. This is when Christ will bring to an end all who have the status of rulers, and everything that has reigning authority and all seats of power in this world. - \v 25 For Christ must rule until God has conquered every one of his enemies, and placed them under Christ's feet to show that they have no more power. \v 26 The final enemy that God will destroy is death itself. \s5 -\v 27 For the Scriptures say, "God has placed everything under his feet," that is, Christ's feet. But it is clear that this does not include God himself. +\v 27 For the scriptures say, "God has placed everything under his feet," that is, Christ's feet. But it is clear that this does not include God himself. \v 28 After God has placed all things into Christ's power, then the Son, also, will place himself in the power of God the Father, so that God may be the same in relation to everyone and everything. \s5 \p -\v 29 If all this were not true, then why do some Christians get others to baptize them for dead people? This would make no sense, if God will not raise the dead again. -\v 30 And it would make no sense for us apostles to continually risk our lives to proclaim the good news. +\v 29 If there is no resurrection from the dead (as some say), then why do some people get baptised for those who have died? This would make no sense. If the dead are not raised, then why are people being baptized for them after they are are dead? Some, even those who are not Christians, have confidence in a future resurrection. Not everyone denies the resurrection; some believe it is true. +\v 30 And it would make no sense for us apostles to continually risk our lives, to proclaim the good news, if there is no resurrection from the dead. And we risk our lives every day. \s5 \v 31 My brothers and sisters, I am so proud of you; you are like my possessions that I show off to Christ Jesus our Lord. But I tell you that I die every day! @@ -76,7 +69,6 @@ \v 33 Do not be tricked: "If you have bad friends, you will not care to live any longer in the right way." \v 34 Sober up! Live in the right way and do not keep sinning. Some of you do not know God at all. I say this to shame you. - \s5 \p \v 35 Someone may ask you, "How can the dead rise? What kind of body could they ever have?" @@ -99,7 +91,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 45 So the Scriptures say, "The first man, Adam, was a living being who gave his children and descendants life." But Christ, the second Adam, gave people God's power to live forever. +\v 45 So the scriptures say, "The first man, Adam, was a living being who gave his children and descendants life." But Christ, the second Adam, gave people God's power to live forever. \v 46 What belongs to the earth came first, the natural, and then came what belongs to God, that is the spiritual. \s5 @@ -113,15 +105,14 @@ \v 51 Look! I tell you something that God has hidden from us. Not all believers will die, but God will change all of us. \s5 -\v 52 He will change us in an instant, as fast as one can blink his eye, when God's angels blow the final trumpet sound. For they will blow that trumpet and then God will raise the dead so as to never die again. +\v 52 He will change us in an instant, as fast as one can blink his eye, when God's angels blow the final trumpet sound. For they will blow that trumpet and then God will raise the dead so as to never die again. \v 53 For we, even if we all die, will live forever, never to die again. Yes, our bodies that are destined for death, God will make new, never to die again. - \s5 -\v 54 When this happens, then it will come true, what the Scriptures say: +\v 54 When this happens, then it will come true, what the scriptures say: \q "God has totally defeated death." \q1 -\v 55 "Death will never win again! +\v 55 "Death will never win again! \q The pain of dying has been taken away!" \m @@ -130,11 +121,6 @@ \v 56 It is sin that brings such pain to us when we are dying. And sin's power comes into our lives because of the law. \v 57 But now we thank God because he gives us victory over death through our Lord Jesus Christ! - \s5 \p \v 58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be solid in your faith, unmoveable in your life, doing more and more in the Lord's work. You know that whatever you do for him will last forever. - - - - diff --git a/47-1CO/16.usfm b/47-1CO/16.usfm index 536fcf7e..7fe2f563 100644 --- a/47-1CO/16.usfm +++ b/47-1CO/16.usfm @@ -1,22 +1,18 @@ - \s5 -\c 16 - +c 16 \p \v 1 Now I wish to answer your questions about the money that we are collecting for the people in Jerusalem who belong to God. You should do exactly what I told the believers in the churches in Galatia to do. - \v 2 Every Sunday, each of you should put some money aside, as you are able, so you will not need any more collections when I come. \s5 \v 3 You must choose people, whomever you wish, to take your gifts to Jerusalem. And when I arrive, I will send letters with them about your gift. \v 4 If it is the right thing to do, they will travel together with me to Jerusalem. - \s5 \p \v 5 I am planning to come to you when I travel through the region of Macedonia. -\v 6 Perhaps I will stay with you, and perhaps all through the winter, so that you can help me along the way in my trip. +\v 6 Perhaps I will stay with you, and perhaps all through the winter, so that you can help me along the way in my trip. \s5 \v 7 I do not want to see you for only a short time. I hope that the time will be long enough to help us both. @@ -30,7 +26,6 @@ \p \v 12 You asked about our brother Apollos. I urged him strongly that he should visit you when the other brothers came to you. He decided not to come now, but he will come to you later when he has opportunity. - \s5 \p \v 13 Be on guard, do not wander from your faith. Work for the Lord like grown men, and be strong. @@ -38,8 +33,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 15 You know the people in the house of Stephanas, that they were the first ones in the province of Achaia to believe, and they are determined to help those who belong to the Lord. I urge you, brothers and sisters, -\v 16 obey people like them who help in the work, and who work hard with us. +\v 15 You know the people in the house of Stephanas, that they were the first ones in the province of Achaia to believe, and they are determined to help those who belong to the Lord. I urge you, brothers and sisters, +\v 16 obey people like them who help in the work, and who work hard with us. \s5 \v 17 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus arrived here from Corinth, because they made up for the fact that you were not here. @@ -56,4 +51,3 @@ \v 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on him. O Lord, come! \v 23 May the kindness that comes from the Lord Jesus be with you. \v 24 I send you this reminder that I love all of you, as you all are joined together in Christ Jesus. - diff --git a/48-2CO/04.usfm b/48-2CO/04.usfm index 84f12462..d109a2ec 100644 --- a/48-2CO/04.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/04.usfm @@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There there can be no mistake about where our strength come from: it comes only from God. +\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: it comes only from God. \v 8 We have suffered many different kinds of trouble, but they have not destroyed us. We may be confused about what we should do, but we never give up. \v 9 Some people try to harm us, but we are never alone; it is as if some people knocked us down, but we always get up again. -\v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus dies, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive. +\v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive. \s5 -\v 11 Those of us who are alive, God is always leading us to face death because we are joined to Jesus, so that when people look at us, they can know that Jesus is alive. +\v 11 For those of us who are alive, God is always leading us to face death because we are joined to Jesus, so that when people look at us, they can know that Jesus is alive. \v 12 So you can see that death is doing its work in us, but that life is working in you. \s5 \p -\v 13 We trust in God, just as the Scriptures say: "I trust in God; this is why I speak." We also trust in God, and we also speak about what he has done for us. +\v 13 We trust in God, just as the scriptures say: "I trust in God; this is why I speak." We also trust in God, and we also speak about what he has done for us. \v 14 We know that God, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, will also raise us up from the dead with him, and that Jesus will take us along with you, and take us to be where God is. \v 15 All that I have suffered is to help you, so that more and more people can know how God loves them freely, and so that they may praise him more and more. diff --git a/48-2CO/05.usfm b/48-2CO/05.usfm index 9fba18eb..8a136341 100644 --- a/48-2CO/05.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/05.usfm @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ \s5 \v 9 Therefore we make it our goal to obey him, whether we are here or in heaven. -\v 10 For we will all stand before Christ when he sits as the judge of all. He will judge what we have did when we were in this life. Christ will give us what we deserve, and he will judge what was good or bad. +\v 10 For we will all stand before Christ when he sits as the judge of all. He will judge what we did when we were in this life. Christ will give us what we deserve, and he will judge what was good or bad. \s5 \p -\v 11 Therefore we know what it is to honor the Lord, so we make sure to tell people what kind of God he is. God knows what kind of people we are; and I expect that you also understand whether we are doing good or evil. +\v 11 Therefore we know what it is to honor the Lord, so we make sure to tell people what kind of God he is. God knows what kind of people we are, and I expect that you also understand whether we are doing good or evil. \v 12 We are not trying to prove again that we are genuine servants of God. We only want you to know what kind of people we are, and to give you a reason to be proud of us. We do this, so that you can answer those who praise their own actions, but do not care about what they really are in their inner being. \s5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ \s5 \v 18 All these gifts come from God. He made peace with us so that we are no longer enemies of God. Now we have peace with God through the cross of Christ. And God has given us the responsibility of announcing that he is bringing people and himself together. -\v 19 The message of that brings God and people together, is how God made peace with the world by what Christ did. God did not applying their sins to their account. And now, Christ has taken our sins away and has given us this message that makes peace and brings God and people together. +\v 19 That message brings God and people together and is how God made peace with the world by what Christ did. God is not applying their sins to their account. And now, Christ has taken our sins away and has given us this message that makes peace and brings God and people together. \s5 \v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. And we plead with you on Christ's behalf: By Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself. diff --git a/48-2CO/06.usfm b/48-2CO/06.usfm index 68a20a87..744b6149 100644 --- a/48-2CO/06.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/06.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 Do not work in unsuitable ways with people who do not trust Christ. What do people who live by God's measure and rules have in common with those who break his laws and do what they want? Darkness and light cannot be together. \v 15 How can Christ agree in any way with the demon Beliar? What does a person who trusts in God have in common with another person who does not trust in God? -\v 16 How right would it do to bring pagan idols into the temple of God? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: +\v 16 How right would it be to bring pagan idols into the temple of God? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: \q "I will have my home among my people. \q I will live my life among them. \q I will be their God @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 The Scriptures therefore say: +\v 17 The scriptures therefore say: \q "Come out from among the unbelievers \q1 and be separate from them," says the Lord, -\q "Do not handle anything makes you filthy and unable to worship me; +\q "Do not handle anything that makes you filthy and unable to worship me; \q1 and I will open my arms and welcome you. \q \v 18 diff --git a/48-2CO/07.usfm b/48-2CO/07.usfm index b0cfe3e1..961557c8 100644 --- a/48-2CO/07.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/07.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \v 14 I told him very good things about you, how proud I was of you, and you did not put me to shame when he came to you. We praised you so much to Titus, and you proved it was all true! \s5 -\v 15 Now his love for you has grown because he has seen for himself how much you follow God, and he knows how you welcomed him among yourselves—you welcomed him with fear, because God is holy, and with trembling, because they know God is great. +\v 15 Now his love for you has grown because he has seen for himself how much you follow God, and he knows how you welcomed him among yourselves—you welcomed him with fear, because God is holy, and with trembling, because you know God is great. \v 16 I am filled with joy because in everything, I have confidence in you. diff --git a/48-2CO/08.usfm b/48-2CO/08.usfm index 48bd821e..c2dd771b 100644 --- a/48-2CO/08.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/08.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \s5 \v 13 We are not taxing you because we do not want others to have to support themselves. But it is fair for you to help them. \v 14 You have more than you need at this time; what you have left over will be enough for them, too. In the future, they will have more than they need, and perhaps then, they will be able to help you. That is fair for everyone. -\v 15 This is like the Scriptures say: +\v 15 This is like the scriptures say: \q "The one who had much did not have anything left to share; \q1 but the one who had only a little did not need anything more." \m diff --git a/48-2CO/09.usfm b/48-2CO/09.usfm index cfe9d779..d657e4e4 100644 --- a/48-2CO/09.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/09.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 Now about this collection of money for the believers in Jerusalem—all those people whom God has set apart for himself, I really do not need to write anything more to you. -\v 2 I already know that you want to help, and I praised you for this to the believers of Macedonia. In fact, I told them that you and the other people of the province of Achaia, have been preparing for this collection since last year. Your enthusiasm is an example that has moved the believers of Macedonia to take action. +\v 2 I already know that you want to help, and I praised you for this to the believers of Macedonia. In fact, I told them that you, and the other people of the province of Achaia, have been preparing for this collection since last year. Your enthusiasm is an example that has moved the believers of Macedonia to take action. \s5 \v 3 For I am sending the brothers ahead of me, so that when they meet you, they will see that we did not praise you for nothing; I also sent them ahead of me so that you would be ready to finish the work, as I promised others you would be. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 God can give you all kinds of gifts more and more, so that you will always have what you yourselves need, and also enough to do good things with. -\v 9 As it is written in the Scriptures: +\v 9 As it is written in the scriptures: \q "He gives good things to people everywhere, \q and he gives to the poor what they need. \q He does these things forever. diff --git a/48-2CO/10.usfm b/48-2CO/10.usfm index ede729bf..bdef3159 100644 --- a/48-2CO/10.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/10.usfm @@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ \v 16 We hope for this, in order that we may share the good news with people beyond where you live. We will not take credit for work that any other servants of God are doing, in their own regions where they serve him. \s5 -\v 17 The Scriptures say, -\q "Let the one who is proud, be proud of the Lord." -\m -\v 18 When a person praises himself for what he has done, God does not reward him for doing that. Instead, he rewards those of whom he approves. +\v 17 The scriptures say, +\q "Let the one who is proud, be proud of the Lord." +\p +\v 18 When a person praises himself for what he has done, God does not reward him for doing that. Instead, he rewards those whom he approves. diff --git a/48-2CO/11.usfm b/48-2CO/11.usfm index c74f0c5f..a6110683 100644 --- a/48-2CO/11.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/11.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 12 I will continue to serve you in this same way, so that I stop those who say that they are equal to us. They will no excuse to offer for how they boast. +\v 12 I will continue to serve you in this same way, so that I stop those who say that they are equal to us. They will have no excuse to offer for how they boast. \v 13 Such people are false apostles claiming that God has sent them. They are workers who always tell lies, and they are pretending to be apostles of Christ. \s5 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ \v 23 Are they servants of Christ?—I speak like a man who is out of his mind! I worked harder than any of them; I have been in more prisons than they; I have had more severe beatings than they, and I have faced death more times that than they have. \s5 -\v 24 Five times the Jews punished me with the thirty-nine lashes, beating me with whips until I nearly died. +\v 24 Five times the Jews punished me with the thirty-nine lashes, beating me each time until I nearly died. \v 25 Three times I was beaten by my captors with wooden rods. Once they threw stones at me to kill me. Three different ships I was on were lost to the storms, and I have spent a night and a day in the open ocean hoping for rescue. \v 26 I have been on many journeys and I have known dangers in rivers, I have been in danger from robbers, danger from my own people, the Jews, danger from the non-Jews, danger in cities, danger in the wilderness, danger in the ocean, danger from false brothers who betrayed us. @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 32 At the city of Damascus, the governor under King Aretas, put a guard around the city, hoping to arrest me. +\v 32 At the city of Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put a guard around the city, hoping to arrest me. \v 33 But my friends put me in a basket and let me down me out of the city, through a window in the wall, and I escaped from him. diff --git a/48-2CO/12.usfm b/48-2CO/12.usfm index 833f4e3e..3805ed6c 100644 --- a/48-2CO/12.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/12.usfm @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ \c 12 \p \v 1 I must continue to defend myself, so I will continue by boasting about some visions that the Lord gave me. -\v 2 Fourteen years ago, God took me, a man who is joined to Christ, up to the highest heaven—although only God knows whether he took me up only in my spirit or in my body, too. +\v 2 Fourteen years ago God took me, a man who is joined to Christ, up to the highest heaven—although only God knows whether he took me up only in my spirit or in my body, too. \s5 \v 3 And I—whether in my body or only in my spirit, God alone knows— -\v 4 I was taken up into a place in heaven called paradise. There I heard things that were much too holy for me to be able to tell you. +\v 4 I was taken up into a place in heaven called paradise. There I heard things that were much too holy,and that I am not able to tell you. \v 5 I can boast about that—but God made all that happen, not I. For myself, I can be proud only about how God works in me, a weak man. \s5 diff --git a/48-2CO/13.usfm b/48-2CO/13.usfm index 41f195bf..4482e26a 100644 --- a/48-2CO/13.usfm +++ b/48-2CO/13.usfm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ \c 13 \p \v 1 This is the third time I am coming to you to deal with these matters. The principle in dealing with these issues is that every accusation against another must be based on the testimony of two or three persons, not just one. -\v 2 When I was there on the second visit I said to those who had sinned and who being charged before the church, and to the entire church, and I will say it again: I will not overlook these charges. +\v 2 When I was there on the second visit I said to those who had sinned and who had been charged before the church, and to the entire church, and I will say it again: I will not overlook these charges. \s5 \v 3 I tell you this because you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you; instead, he is working in you by his great power. diff --git a/49-GAL/01.usfm b/49-GAL/01.usfm index 20fcbbfb..062ff4f9 100644 --- a/49-GAL/01.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/01.usfm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ \v 17 And I did not immediately leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem to see the apostles there, the men who had become apostles before I became one. Instead, I went away into the region of Arabia, a region of wilderness. Later I returned once more to the city of Damascus. \s5 -\v 18 It was actually three years after God revealed this good news to me that I went up to Jerusalem to meet Peter. I stayed with him for fifteen days. +\v 18 It was actually three years after God revealed this good news to me that I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter. I stayed with him for fifteen days. \v 19 I also saw James, the half-brother of our Lord Jesus and the leader of the believers in Jerusalem, but I did not see any other apostle. \v 20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true! diff --git a/49-GAL/02.usfm b/49-GAL/02.usfm index 70701058..671273db 100644 --- a/49-GAL/02.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/02.usfm @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ \v 5 But not even briefly did we agree with them about circumcision. We resisted them in order that the true good news about Christ might continue to benefit you. \s5 -\v 6 But the leaders in Jerusalem did not add anything to what I proclaim. Those leaders are important men, but they do not matter to me, because God does not favor certain persons more than others. +\v 6 But those who others said were the leaders did not add anything to what I proclaim. Those leaders are important men, but they do not matter to me, because God does not favor certain persons more than others. \v 7 Instead, the leaders understood that God was trusting me to proclaim the good news to the non-Jews, just as Peter was proclaiming the good news to the Jews. \v 8 That is, just as God had empowered Peter to go as an apostle to take God's message to the Jews, he also empowered me to go as an apostle to take his message to the non-Jews. \s5 -\v 9 Those leaders understood that God had kindly given to me this special mission. So James, Peter, and John, the leaders of the believers in Christ, leaders who many people knew and honored, shook hands with us because we were fellow workers with them. We agree that God had sent us to the non-Jews, who were not circumcised, and that God had sent them to Jews, who were circumcised. +\v 9 Those leaders understood that God had kindly given to me this special mission. So James, Peter, and John, the leaders of the believers in Christ, leaders who many people knew and honored, shook hands with us because we were fellow workers with them. We agreed that God had sent us to the non-Jews, who were not circumcised, and that God had sent them to Jews, who were circumcised. \v 10 They only urged us to still remember to help the poor among the fellow believers who live in Jerusalem. That is exactly what I have been eager to do. \s5 diff --git a/49-GAL/03.usfm b/49-GAL/03.usfm index 5d72f9e8..1d894a00 100644 --- a/49-GAL/03.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/03.usfm @@ -14,18 +14,17 @@ \p \v 6 What you have experienced is just as Moses had written in the scriptures about Abraham. He wrote that Abraham trusted God, and as a result God declared Abraham good in his sight. \v 7 You should realize, therefore, that it is those who trust in Christ to save them whom God has made into descendants of Abraham. -\v 8 Ever before God began to make non-Jews good in his sight when they trusted in him, men wrote in the scriptures that he would do this. God announced this good news to Abraham, as we read in the scriptures, "Because of what you have done, I will bless all the people groups in the world." - +\v 8 Even before God began to make non-Jews good in his sight when they trusted in him, men wrote in the scriptures that he would do this. God announced this good news to Abraham, as we read in the scriptures, "Because of what you have done, I will bless all the people groups in the world." \v 9 So, we know by this that it is all those who trust in Christ whom God blesses along with Abraham, who also trusted in God. \s5 -\v 10 God curses all those who think they can please God by obeying his law. It is just as they wrote in the scriptures long ago, "God will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws that they wrote in the Book of the law." -\v 11 But God has said that if he declares any people good in his sight, it will not be because they obeyed his law. This is evident because they wrote in the scriptures, "Every person whom God declares to be good will live because he trusts God." -\v 12 Whoever tries to obey the law is not trusting in Christ. Instead, they wrote in the scriptures, "Whoever starts to do the things in the law must obey them all." +\v 10 God curses all those who think they can please God by obeying his law. It is just as you can read in the scriptures, "God will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws that Moses wrote in the book of the law." +\v 11 But God has said that if he declares any people good in his sight, it will not be because they obeyed his law. You can read in the scriptures, "Every person whom God declares to be good will live because he trusts God." +\v 12 Whoever tries to obey the law is not trusting in Christ, "Whoever starts to do the things in the law must obey them all." \s5 \p -\v 13 Christ stopped God from having to curse us as they wrote in the law he must. This happened when God cursed Christ in our place. It is like they wrote in the scriptures, "God curses everyone whom they hang on a tree." +\v 13 Christ stopped God from having to curse us as they wrote in the law he must. This happened when God cursed Christ in our place. You can read in the scripture, "God curses everyone whom they hang on a tree." \v 14 God cursed Christ in order to bless the non-Jews who believe in Christ just as he blessed Abraham. And he blessed the non-Jews so that we might receive the Spirit, whom he promised to all who trust in Christ. \s5 @@ -39,8 +38,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 19 So why did God later give his law to us Jews? God gave us his law to teach us that we all deliberately break it. This law was in force until the descendant about whom he spoke--Jesus himself--came to us Jews. Until that time, the law that God's angels gave to us Jews by the hand of Moses, the man who stood between God and the people, was in force. -\v 20 When there is a person to go between others, then there are always two persons who are acting: in this case, God and the Israelites. But God acted by himself, without a go-between, when he promised to bless Abraham. Therefore, the Abrahamic promise is greater than the law because there was no mediator involved. +\v 19 So why did God later give his law to us? God gave his law to teach us that we all deliberately break it. And looking forward, God gave the law for the time when a descendent of Abraham would come. That descendent is the one who receives the promise that was made before to Abraham. The angels protected and applied the law by the authority of the one who would stand between God and people. +\v 20 Now, when one person speaks directly with another, there is no mediator. And God himself made his promises directly to Abraham. \s5 \p @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \v 23 Before God revealed the good news about how people should trust in Christ, his law was like a soldier who kept us in prison, unable to move about. \v 24 Like a father protects his small child by telling a slave to take care of him, God was supervising us by his law until Christ came. He did this so that he might now declare us good in his sight, if we trust in Christ. -\v 25 But now that we can trust in Christ, we do no longer need God's law to supervise us . +\v 25 But now that we can trust in Christ, we no longer need God's law to supervise us. \p \v 26 I say this because you are all God's children because you have trusted in Christ Jesus. diff --git a/49-GAL/04.usfm b/49-GAL/04.usfm index 084ad362..a38331f8 100644 --- a/49-GAL/04.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/04.usfm @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ \v 2 Until the day that his father has previously determined, other persons supervise the child and manage his property. \s5 -\v 3 Likewise, when we were like young children, we were under the evil rules that everyone in this world live by. Those rules controlled us like masters control their slaves. +\v 3 Likewise, when we were like young children, we were under the evil rules that everyone in this world lives by. Those rules controlled us like masters control their slaves. \v 4 But when the time that God had determined arrived, he sent Jesus, his Son, into the world. Jesus was born to a human mother, and he had to obey the law. \v 5 God sent Jesus to rescue us from the law controlling us. He did this to adopt us as his own children. \s5 -\v 6 Because you are now God's children, he sent the Spirit of his Son to live in each of us. It is his Spirit who enables us to call God, "Father, our dear Father!" This shows that we are God's children. +\v 6 Because you are now God's sons, he sent the Spirit of his Son to live in each of us. It is his Spirit who enables us to call God, "Father, our dear Father!" This shows that we are God's sons. \v 7 So, because of what God has done, no longer is each of you like a slave. Instead, each of you is a child of God. Since each of you is now God's child, God will also give you all that he has promised. God himself will do it! \s5 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ \v 14 Although you might have despised me because I was sick, you did not reject me. Instead, you welcomed me like you would welcome an angel that came from God. You welcomed me like you would welcome Christ Jesus himself! \s5 -\v 15 But now you are no longer happy! I know for certain that you would have done anything to help me. You would have gouged out your own eyes and given them to me, if that would have helped me! +\v 15 But now you are no longer happy! I know for certain that you would have done anything to help me. You would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me, if that would have helped me! \v 16 That is why I have become so sad now. You seem to think that I have become your enemy because I have continued to tell the truth about Christ to you. \s5 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ \s5 \v 24 Now these two women symbolize two covenants. God made the first covenant with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. That covenant requires the Israelites to live like a slave to the law. So Hagar, the female slave, symbolizes this covenant. -\v 25 So Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai, in the land of Arabia. But Hagar also symbolizes the city of Jerusalem as it is today. This is because Jerusalem is like a slave mother; she and all her children, that is, her people, are like slaves, because they all must obey the law that God gave to Israel at Mount Sinai. +\v 25 So Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai, in the land of Arabia. But Hagar also symbolizes the city of Jerusalem as it is today. This is because Jerusalem is like a slave mother: she and all her children—that is, her people—are like slaves, because they all must obey the law that God gave to Israel at Mount Sinai. \s5 \v 26 But there is a new Jerusalem in heaven, and that city is like a mother of all us who believe in Christ, and that city is free! @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ \s5 \p \v 28 Now, my fellow believers, you have become children of God because you believed in what God promised to give to us. You are like Isaac, who was born because Abraham had believed in what God promised to give to him. -\v 29 But long ago Abraham's son Ishmael, who was born naturally, caused trouble for Abraham's son Isaac, who was born because the Holy Spirit made it happen. It is the same way now the people who are slaves to God's law persecute those of us who trust in what Christ has promised to give us. +\v 29 But long ago Abraham's son Ishmael, who was born naturally, caused trouble for Abraham's son Isaac, who was born because the Holy Spirit made it happen. It is the same way now. The people who are slaves to God's law persecute those of us who trust in what Christ has promised to give us. \s5 -\v 30 But these are the words in the Scriptures: "The son of the woman who was not a slave will inherit what his father owns. The slave boy will inherit nothing. So send away from this place the female slave and her son!" -\v 31 My fellow believers, our ancestor is not a slave woman; instead, our ancestor is the free woman! +\v 30 But these are the words in the scriptures: "The son of the woman who was not a slave will inherit what his father owns. The slave boy will inherit nothing. So send away from this place the female slave and her son!" +\v 31 My fellow believers, we are not children who have a slave woman as our mother, but we are the children who are born from a woman who was free, and so are we are free too! \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/49-GAL/05.usfm b/49-GAL/05.usfm index 206f62df..0156eb9f 100644 --- a/49-GAL/05.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/05.usfm @@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ \s5 \v 22 But as we grow in trusting Christ, God's Spirit starts causing us to love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust. \v 23 We are gentle. We control our behavior. There is no law that says people should not think and act in such ways. -\v 24 Furthermore, we who belong to Christ Jesus have stopped obsessing over the evil things we wanted to do. -It is as though we had nailed them to a cross and killed these evil things! +\v 24 Furthermore, we who belong to Christ Jesus have stopped allowing ourselves to do the evil things that we did in the past. It is as though we had nailed them to a cross and killed these evil things! \s5 \p diff --git a/49-GAL/06.usfm b/49-GAL/06.usfm index f2b1a943..f6446dca 100644 --- a/49-GAL/06.usfm +++ b/49-GAL/06.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 I say this because people who think more highly of themselves than they should merely fool themselves. -\v 4 Instead, each of you should constantly test and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking. If you can, then you can be proud of what you yourself have done, and not because what you have done is better than what anyone else has done. +\v 4 Instead, each of you should constantly test and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking. You can be proud because what you yourself have done is good, and not because what you have done is better than what anyone else has done. \v 5 I say this because you must each perform your own individual tasks. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/01.usfm b/50-EPH/01.usfm index 08db2735..c0bb1ad1 100644 --- a/50-EPH/01.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/01.usfm @@ -1,14 +1,13 @@ - + \s5 \c 1 \p \v 1 I, Paul, write this letter to my dear fellow believers whom God has set apart for himself, and who are loyal to Christ Jesus—I am writing to the fellow believers who are living in the city of Ephesus. I am Paul, whom God chose and whom God sent to you as an apostle of Christ Jesus. \v 2 I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will give you his kindness and peace. - \s5 \p -\v 3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has caused us great joy through every kind of heavenly, spiritual blessing that Christ gives to us. +\v 3 Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has caused us great joy through every kind of heavenly spiritual blessing that Christ gives to us. \v 4 Before God created the world he chose us to be his people through Christ, who set us apart for God to live blamelessly in his sight. \s5 @@ -21,16 +20,15 @@ \v 8 He has been very kind to us, and he has given us every kind of wisdom. \s5 -\v 9 God has now explained the secret of his plan, as he was pleased to reveal Christ. +\v 9 God has now explained the secret of his plan. He has helped us to know the great work of Christ that he had planned. He did that because he chose to do it in that way, and he showed us what Christ would do for us. \v 10 God planned that at the time that he appointed he would unite all things in heaven and all things on earth, and Christ would be the one who will rule them. \s5 -\v 11 Long ago God chose us to be joined to Christ, just as he had planned—and he always does exactly what he wishes to do. - -\v 12 He did those so that the Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to come and save them before the non-Jews knew anything about Christ, would praise him for his kindness. +\v 11 Long ago God chose to unite us to Christ. He planned to do this, and he always does exactly what he wishes to do. +\v 12 He did that so that we Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to come and save us before the non-Jews knew anything about Christ, would praise him for his kindness. \s5 -\v 13 Now you Ephesians and other non-Jews have heard the true message, the good news that Jesus saves everyone who believes him. And you have believed in Christ, so it is as if God's Spirit had marked you on your foreheads to show that you belong to God. +\v 13 Now you Ephesians and other non-Jews have heard the true message, the good news that Jesus saves everyone who believes him. And you have believed in Christ and are joined to him, so it is as if God's Spirit had marked you on your foreheads to show that you belong to God. \v 14 The Holy Spirit is proof that we will receive all that God has promised. All this is great reason to praise him! \s5 @@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ \v 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you and praying for you often. \s5 -\v 17 I pray that God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father who lives in shining light, may help you think wisely and to understand everything about what he reveals to you. +\v 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father who lives in shining light, may help you think wisely and understand everything about what he reveals to you. \v 18 I pray that God may teach you about what he wants to do for us, and why we know he is speaking the truth. I pray that we may know how great are the things he promises to give to us and to everyone whom he will choose to belong to himself. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/02.usfm b/50-EPH/02.usfm index c1f2bec7..a21edc55 100644 --- a/50-EPH/02.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/02.usfm @@ -3,26 +3,25 @@ \c 2 \p \v 1 Before you trusted Christ you were powerless to obey God. You were as helpless as a person who is dead. -\v 2 You once lived like most people in the world today who now follow Satan, the evil ruler over the evil spirits whom we do not see. Satan is the evil spirit who is now controlling the people who disobey God. +\v 2 You were like most people in the world today, who live as Satan wants, the ruler over the evil spirits whom we do not see. Satan is the evil spirit who is now controlling the people who disobey God. \v 3 We were at one time among those who disobeyed God; we did the evil things that we desired, things that would bring pleasure to our bodies and our minds. So God was very angry with us, just as with the others. \s5 \p \v 4 But God acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much. \v 5 We were like dead people, powerless to obey God, but then he made us live again by joining us to Christ. God has saved us because he has been very, very kind to us. - \v 6 He raised us up from among those who are like dead people, and he gave us seats of honor to rule with Christ Jesus in heavenly places. \v 7 He did this to show in future times how kind he has been to us, for we are joined to Christ Jesus. \s5 \p -\v 8 For God has saved you from his punishment by his extreme kindness because you trust Jesus. We have not saved ourselves; this is a gift from God— +\v 8 For God has saved you from his punishment by his extreme kindness given to you because you trust Jesus. You have not saved yourselves; this is a gift from God— \v 9 a gift that no one can earn, so no one can boast and say that he has saved himself. \v 10 So God has created us as new people joined to Christ Jesus, so we can do good things—things that God planned long ago for us to do. \s5 \p -\v 11 Do not forget that you non-Jewish believers were previously called Gentiles because you were not born as Jews. The Jews insulted you by calling you "uncircumcised pagans." They call themselves "the circumcision;" by this they mean that they, not you, are God's people, although circumcision is something that only humans do, not God. +\v 11 Do not forget that you non-Jewish believers were previously called Gentiles because you were not born as Jews. The Jews insulted you by calling you "uncircumcised pagans." They call themselves "the circumcision"; by this they mean that they, not you, are God's people, although circumcision is something that only humans do, not God. \v 12 At that time, you did not have any part of Christ and you were not part of his people Israel. You did not know God's promises and law. You did not have confidence in the future that God promised you, and as you lived your lives, you did not know God. \s5 @@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ \v 16 Jesus caused Jews and non-Jews together to both become friends with God in one new group of believers. By dying on the cross, Jesus made it possible for them to stop hating each other. \s5 -\v 17 Jesus came and proclaimed the gospel that brings peace with God; he proclaimed it both to you non-Jews, who did not know about God, and to us Jews, who did know about God. +\v 17 Jesus came and proclaimed the gospel that brings peace with God; he proclaimed it both to you non-Jews, who did not know about God, and to us Jews, who did know about God. \v 18 Through Jesus both Jews and non-Jews now can speak with the Father because God's Spirit lives in all believers. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/03.usfm b/50-EPH/03.usfm index 45758fec..514dd6bc 100644 --- a/50-EPH/03.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/03.usfm @@ -1,27 +1,22 @@ - \s5 \c 3 - - \p -\v 1 God has done all this for you non-Jews for which, I, Paul, am here in prison because of Christ Jesus. +\v 1 Because God has done all this for you non-Jews, Christ Jesus has put me, Paul, in prison for your sake. \v 2 I assume that you know that God has honored me by giving me a certain task to do for your sake. \s5 \v 3 He gave me this task because of the secret truth about which I wrote to you briefly; - -\v 4 when you read what I have already written briefly about that, -you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. -\v 5 Formerly, God did not fully reveal the good news that was to come to anyone. It was something that no one understood, but now his Spirit has revealed the good news to his apostles and …prophets whom the Spirit called to serve God. +\v 4 when you read what I have already written briefly about that, you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. +\v 5 Formerly, God did not fully reveal the good news that was to come to anyone. It was something that no one understood, but now his Spirit has revealed the good news to his apostles and prophets whom the Spirit called to serve God. \s5 -\v 6 This hidden truth is that the non-Jews now share together with Jews the spiritual riches of God, and belong to the same group of God's people, and will share all the things God has promised them, because they are joined to Christ Jesus—this is the gospel. +\v 6 This hidden truth is that the non-Jews now share together with Jews the spiritual riches of God, and belong to the same group of God's people, and will share all the things God has promised them because they are joined to Christ Jesus—this is the gospel. \v 7 I am now God's servant to spread the good news, a work I did not deserve to do, but which God gave me working in me with his power. \s5 \p -\v 8 Although I am the least worthy of all God's people, God has enabled me by his kindness and mercy to proclaim to non-Jews the good news about what Christ has done for us, which is so much no one can describe it all. +\v 8 Although I am the least worthy of all God's people, God has enabled me by his kindness and mercy to proclaim to non-Jews the good news about what Christ has done for us, which is so much that no one can learn all about it. \v 9 My mission is to explain to everyone what God's plan is, something that God has kept hidden from long ago, from the time when he created everything. \s5 @@ -32,13 +27,10 @@ you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. \v 12 So now when we pray, we can come to God confidently and without being afraid, because we trust in Jesus, who has fulfilled God's plan. \v 13 So I ask that you do not be discouraged because of my suffering many things for you here in prison, which actually end up honoring you. - - - \s5 \p \v 14 Because God has done all this for you, I kneel and pray to God our Father. -\v 15 He is the one who is like a father of all the believers who are now in heaven and those who are still on the earth, and he is the Creator of all beings. +\v 15 He is the one who gives every family in heaven and on the earth their name. \v 16 I pray because of his great power that God will give you power and will strengthen you by his Spirit who lives in your spirits. \s5 @@ -49,7 +41,7 @@ you will be able to understand that I clearly understand the truth about Christ. \s5 \p \v 20 God is able to do much greater things than we usually ask him to do, or even that we might think that he can do, because of his power that is working within us. -\v 21 God must be honored beyond everything by all the believers assembled to worship him and by Christ Jesus himself. May all believers from all generations of history praise him forever and ever! So let it be done. +\v 21 May all believers assembled to worship God, and Christ Jesus himself, honor God more than they honor anything else. May all believers from all generations of history praise him forever and ever! So let it be done. diff --git a/50-EPH/04.usfm b/50-EPH/04.usfm index d7bbabfd..e67e1901 100644 --- a/50-EPH/04.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/04.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + \s5 \c 4 \p @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \s5 \v 4 All believers form one group, and there is only one Holy Spirit, and you were chosen to confidently wait for God to fulfill His promises to you. -\v 5 There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, in whom we all trust together. And there is only one way to baptize anyone into his name. +\v 5 There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, in whom we all trust together. And there is only one reason to baptize anyone. That reason is Jesus Christ. \v 6 There is one God, the true Father of everyone. He rules over all his people and fills everything with his power. \s5 @@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ \s5 \v 11 He appointed some believers to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some to lead and others to teach the groups of believers. \v 12 This was to prepare God's people to do God's work and serve others, so that all the people who belong to Christ might become spiritually strong -\v 13 He wants all of us believers to be united together as we all trust in him and grow to fully understand him. He wants us to become mature believers, together, growing to become like himself, who is perfect. +\v 13 He wants all of us believers to be united together as we all trust in him and grow to fully understand him. He wants us to become mature believers, together, growing to become perfect, as he himself is perfect. \s5 -\v 14 Then we will no longer be ignorant of what is true, like little children. We will no longer follow every new teaching, like a boat is blown around by the wind and waves. We will not allow people who teach what is false to trick us and deceive us. +\v 14 Once we are mature, we will no longer be ignorant of what is true, like little children. We will no longer follow every new teaching, like a boat is blown around by the wind and waves. We will not allow people who teach what is false to trick us and deceive us. \v 15 Instead, we will live by loving God and trusting his true teachings, and we will become more and more like Christ in every way. He controls his people like a person's head controls his body. \v 16 He enables all believers everywhere to grow together and love each other, like a person's body fits together and holds together by the joints that connect the body together, which allows the body to grow and build itself up because the parts of body depend upon each other. @@ -48,18 +48,16 @@ \s5 \v 23 You must let God change your spirits and how you think. -\v 24 You must start living like new persons. God has created you as new persons. You are set apart for him. He created you to live in the right way, to live by the truth about holy Jesus. - +\v 24 You must start living like new persons. God has created you as new persons. You are set apart for him. He created you to live in the right way, to be truly dedicated to God. \s5 \p -\v 25 Therefore, quit lying to one another. Instead, speak truthfully to one another because we now are each other's fellow believers. We now belong to one another in God's family. +\v 25 Therefore, quit lying to one another. As the scripture says, "Speak truthfully to one another because we now are each other's fellow believers." We now belong to one another in God's family. \v 26 If you get angry, do not let your anger become sin. Before the end of the day, stop being angry \v 27 so that you will not allow the devil to attack you. \s5 \v 28 Those who have been stealing must not steal any longer. Instead, they must work hard to earn their living by their own efforts, so that they may have something to give to those who are needy. \v 29 Do not use foul language. Instead, say good things that will help people when they need help, things that help those who hear. - \v 30 Do not make the Holy Spirit of God sad by how you live. He has promised that God will one day rescue us from this world of evil. \s5 diff --git a/50-EPH/05.usfm b/50-EPH/05.usfm index 77deb31f..ce6aa12e 100644 --- a/50-EPH/05.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/05.usfm @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ - \s5 \c 5 \p @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ \v 28 Each man should love his wife as he loves his own body. When men love their wives, it is as though they loved themselves, \v 29-30 because no one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds his own body and cares for it, just like Christ also cares for all us believers in his worldwide assembly. We have become one group of believers that belongs to him. \s5 -\v 31 The Scriptures say this about people who marry, +\v 31 The scriptures say this about people who marry: \q "When a man and a woman marry, they should permanently leave their fathers and mothers. They should be joined as husband and wife, and the two of them will become as though they were one person." \p \v 32 It is difficult to understand the meaning of these things that God has now revealed, but I am telling you about Christ's love for his worldwide assembly of believers. diff --git a/50-EPH/06.usfm b/50-EPH/06.usfm index 2302e21f..4f530906 100644 --- a/50-EPH/06.usfm +++ b/50-EPH/06.usfm @@ -1,26 +1,28 @@ - \s5 \c 6 \p \v 1 You children, because you belong to the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that. -\v 2 God commanded in the Scriptures, -\p "Greatly respect your father and mother." -That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised, +\v 2 God commanded in the scriptures, +\p "Greatly respect your father and mother." That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised, \p \v 3 "If you do that, you will prosper, and you will live a long time on the earth." + \s5 \p \v 4 You parents, do not treat your children so severely that they become angry. Instead, bring them up well by instructing them and by disciplining them in the manner that the Lord Jesus wants you to do. + \s5 \p \v 5 You slaves, obey those who are your masters here on the earth. Obey them very respectfully and sincerely just like you obey Christ. \v 6 Obey them not only when they are watching you. Instead, obey them as though you were slaves of Christ, not slaves of your masters. Do enthusiastically what God wants you to do. \v 7 Happily serve your masters, as you would serve the Lord Jesus, not as you would serve ordinary people. \v 8 Do this because you know that one day the Lord Jesus will reward each person for whatever good deeds that person has done. It makes no difference whether that person was slave or free. + \s5 \p \v 9 You masters, just like your slaves should serve you well, you must treat them well. Stop threatening them. Do not forget that the one who is their Lord and your Lord is in heaven. He judges whether you have done right without preferring one person over another. + \s5 \p \v 10 Finally, rely completely on the Lord Jesus to strengthen you spiritually by his own mighty power. @@ -33,16 +35,17 @@ That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He \s5 \p \v 14 So stand against the devil by clothing yourself with God's truth and righteousness, as if they were pieces of armor you put on to do battle. -\v 15 And hold firmly the good news, that gives us peace with God, just like soldiers put on their boots firmly on. -\v 16 In addition, keep trusting firmly in the Lord. That will enable you to protect yourselves from anything that Satan, the evil one, may do to harm you spiritually, just like soldiers carry shields to protect themselves against the arrows that have flaming tips that their enemies shoot at them. +\v 15 And firmly believe and obey the good news, which gives us peace with God, just as soldiers firmly put on their boots. +\v 16 In addition, keep trusting firmly in the Lord. That will enable you to protect yourselves from anything that Satan, the evil one, may do to harm you spiritually, just as soldiers carry shields to protect themselves against the arrows that have flaming tips that their enemies shoot at them. \s5 -\v 17 And trust in Christ, who has saved you. This will be like a soldier putting on a helmet to protect his head. And believe in what God says in the scriptures; this will be like a soldier who grasps his sword. -\v 18 As you are doing that, keep praying to God at all times, and requesting him to do things for you and others; and let God's Spirit direct what you pray. For this purpose, always be spiritually alert praying for all God's people. +\v 17 And trust in Christ, who has saved you. This will be like a soldier who puts on a helmet to protect his head. And believe in what God says in the scriptures; this will be like a soldier who grasps his sword. +\v 18 As you are doing that, keep praying to God at all times, and requesting him to do things for you and others; and let God's Spirit direct what you pray. For this purpose, always be spiritually alert, praying for all God's people. \s5 \v 19 And specifically, pray for me. Pray that God will tell me what I should say whenever I speak, in order that I may boldly tell others the good news about Christ. People did not know that message before, but God has now revealed it to me. \v 20 I am a representative of Christ because of that, here in prison. Pray that when I tell others about Christ, I may speak without being afraid, because that is how I ought to speak. + \s5 \p \v 21 In order that you may know about what is happening to me and what I am doing, I am sending Tychicus to you with this letter. He will tell you everything that is happening here. He is a fellow believer whom we all love very much, and he serves the Lord Jesus faithfully. @@ -50,4 +53,5 @@ That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He \s5 \p -\v 23 I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ may cause all of you fellow believers to have inner peace. May he give his grace to all people who love him without ceasing. +\v 23 I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ may cause all of you fellow believers to have inner peace, to love each other, and to have faith in God. +\v 24 May God give his grace to all people who love our Lord Jesus Christ without ceasing. diff --git a/51-PHP/00.usfm b/51-PHP/00.usfm index a5d8ac73..82270a72 100644 --- a/51-PHP/00.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/00.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - \id PHP Unlocked Dynamic Bible \ide UTF-8 \h PHILIPPIANS @@ -6,6 +5,3 @@ \toc2 Philippians \toc3 Php \mt1 Philippians - - - diff --git a/51-PHP/01.usfm b/51-PHP/01.usfm index 5b0ac169..f9821fb5 100644 --- a/51-PHP/01.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/01.usfm @@ -2,44 +2,32 @@ \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this to the dear fellow believers who live in the city of Philippi. Paul and Timothy are sending this letter to you—you who are serving Christ Jesus. We are writing this sending to all of you in Philippi whom God has set apart for himself, you who are joined to Christ Jesus. We are also are sending this letter to the overseers and deacons who are serving there. +\v 1 I, Paul, am writing this to the dear fellow believers who live in the city of Philippi. We, Paul and Timothy, are sending this letter to all of you in Philippi whom God has set apart for himself, you who are joined to Christ Jesus. We are also sending this letter to the overseers and deacons who are serving there. \v 2 We pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will be kind to you and give you peace. - - \s5 \p \v 3 I thank my God as I pray to him, whenever I think about you. \v 4 I am constantly praying for you with joy -\v 5 and thanking God because you are working with Timothy, me, and others in proclaiming the good news from the first day you believed until now. +\v 5 and thanking God because you are working with Timothy, me, and others in proclaiming the good news from the first day you believed until now. \v 6 I know that God is doing very good things among you. I am completely confident that he will finish those things at the time when Jesus Christ returns. \s5 \v 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you because I love you from my heart. You have been partners with me in carrying out the work that God kindly gave me to do, whether now as I am in prison, or when I speak in public about the good news and show people that it is true. - \v 8 God sees how deeply I desire to be with you, just as I deeply love you all, just as Christ Jesus tenderly loves us all. - - - \s5 \p \v 9 I am praying for you, that you might love each other more and more, and that you might know and understand why God wants you to do so. -\v 10 I also pray that God will enable you to know what you should believe and the best ways in which you should act. I pray for this, so that you might be honest and blameless at the time when Christ returns. +\v 10 I also pray that God will enable you to know what you should believe and the best ways in which you should act. I pray for this so that you might be honest and blameless at the time when Christ returns. \v 11 I also pray that you will always do the things that you can do because God has declared you good in his sight because of Jesus Christ. Then other people will see how you honor God. - - - \s5 \p \v 12 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the hard things I have suffered have not prevented me from proclaiming the good news to people. Instead, my hardships have enabled even more people to hear the good news about Christ. \v 13 In particular, all the military guards here in Rome and many other people in this city now know that I am a prisoner because I proclaim the good news about Christ. \v 14 Also, most of the believers here now proclaim the good news about Jesus more courageously and fearlessly because they trust the Lord more firmly to help them. They speak about Jesus more confidently because they have seen the Lord help me in prison to speak the good news. - - - \s5 \p \v 15 Some people are proclaiming the good news because they are jealous and they want believers to honor them rather than me. But others are proclaiming the good news because they love Christ and they want people who have not heard the good news to hear it. @@ -48,15 +36,11 @@ \s5 \v 18 But it does not matter! People are proclaiming the good news about Christ, either for good reasons or for bad reasons. So I am rejoicing that people are spreading the message about Jesus Christ! And I will continue to rejoice in that! - - - \p \v 19 I will rejoice because I know that God will free me from prison. He will do this because you are praying for me and because the Spirit of Jesus Christ is helping me. \s5 \v 20 I eagerly and confidently expect that in no way will I fail to do what I should do. Instead, I will have courage now, just as in the past. I will honor Christ with my body, whether I live or die. - \p \v 21 As for me, I live to honor Christ. But if I die, it will be even better for me. @@ -68,17 +52,10 @@ \s5 \v 25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain alive with you all to help you rejoice and trust Christ more. \v 26 So you should be happy about me because of Christ Jesus when I am once again with you. - - \p -\v 27 Most importantly, behave in a way that you honor the good news about Christ in front of the people who live around you. Do this so that whether or not I come and see you, how you live will make me happy. They should tell me that you together are doing your best to believe and live as the good news teaches us. +\v 27 Most importantly, behave in front of the people who live around you in a way that shows that you honor the good news about Christ. Do this so that whether or not I come and see you, how you live will make me happy. They should tell me that you together are doing your best to believe and live as the good news teaches us. \s5 \v 28 Do not let any of those people who are against you frighten you! When you are courageous and resist them, this will show them that God will destroy them but will save you. - \v 29 God is kind to you: he is allowing you to suffer for Christ as well as to trust in him. - \v 30 You are having to resist those who oppose the good news, just like you saw that I had to resist such people there in Philippi, and just like you hear that I still have to resist such people here now. - - - diff --git a/51-PHP/02.usfm b/51-PHP/02.usfm index e03632ea..f6b6ea9f 100644 --- a/51-PHP/02.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/02.usfm @@ -1,26 +1,20 @@ - \s5 \c 2 - - \p \v 1 Since Christ encourages us, since he loves us and comforts us, since God's Spirit fellowships with us, and since Christ is very merciful to us, \v 2 make me completely happy by doing the following things: Agree with one another, love one another, act together as one person, and try to accomplish the same things. \s5 \v 3 Never try to make yourselves more important than others nor boast about what you are doing. Instead, be humble, and in particular, honor one another more than you honor yourselves. -\v 4 Each one of you should not only be concerned about what you yourself need. Instead, each of you should also be concerned that you help do what each other needs. - - +\v 4 Each one of you should not only be concerned about what you yourself need. Instead, each of you should also be concerned that you help with what others need. \s5 \p \v 5 Think the same way as Christ Jesus thinks: \q \v 6 Although he is the same as God, -\q he did not insist on keeping himself -\q equal to God. +\q he did not insist that we should treat him as God. \q \v 7 Instead, he stopped acting as God. \q He appeared to us as a servant. @@ -31,7 +25,6 @@ \q and obeyed God, even though he had to die, \q even dying on the cross like a criminal. - \s5 \q1 \v 9 So God honored him very much, @@ -45,34 +38,22 @@ \q that Jesus Christ is Lord, \q and they will praise God the Father because of him. - - - \s5 \p -\v 12 My dear friends, as you always obeyed God when I was with you, now that I am apart from you, obey him even more. Honor God together, be humble, and work until the time comes when he will save all of you completely. +\v 12 My dear friends, as you always obeyed God when I was with you, now that I am apart from you, obey him even more. Honor God together, be humble, and do your best to live as those whom God is saving. \v 13 For God is working in your hearts so that you will want to do and then actually do the good things that please him. - - - \s5 \p \v 14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, -\v 15 so that you neither do nor think of anything wrong as you live among unbelievers since many of these are wicked people who call evil good. Among these wicked people you should be like the stars at night that shine in the midst of darkness. -\v 16 Keep trusting in the message that can make you live forever. If you do this, I will rejoice at the time when Christ returns, because then I will know that did not work among you uselessly. - - - +\v 15 so that you neither do nor think of anything wrong as you live among unbelievers, since many of these are wicked people who call evil good. Among these wicked people you should be like the stars at night that shine in the midst of darkness. +\v 16 Keep trusting in the message that can make you live forever. If you do this, I will rejoice at the time when Christ returns, because then I will know that I did not work among you uselessly. \s5 \p \v 17 And I will greatly rejoice with you all, even if they kill me, and my blood pours out like something I offer to God. It will be in addition to what you sacrifice to God because you trust in him. \v 18 In the same way you, too, should rejoice together with me! - - - \s5 \p \v 19 I am trusting in the Lord Jesus to be able to send Timothy to you soon. I hope that when he returns, he will encourage me by telling me about what God is doing in your lives. @@ -81,12 +62,9 @@ \s5 \v 22 But you know that Timothy has proven that he loves the Lord, because he worked with me to teach the good news, just as a child works with his father. - -\v 23 I confidently expect to send Timothy to you as soon as I know what will happen to me. +\v 23 I confidently expect to send Timothy to you as soon as I know what will happen to me. \v 24 And because I believe that the Lord wants this to happen, I am confident that they will soon release me, and that I will come to you myself. - - \s5 \p \v 25 I believe that I must send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker and soldier for Christ, and your messenger and servant whom you sent to help me in my need. @@ -97,6 +75,3 @@ \v 28 So I am sending him back to you as quickly as possible. I will do this in order that you may rejoice when you see him again, and that I might grieve less. \v 29 Welcome Epaphroditus with the great joy we have because the Lord Jesus loves us. Honor him and other believers like him. \v 30 As he was working for Christ, he almost died. He ran the risk of dying in order to supply the things that I needed, something you could not do because you are far away from me. - - - diff --git a/51-PHP/03.usfm b/51-PHP/03.usfm index cb8116f0..6afbd482 100644 --- a/51-PHP/03.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/03.usfm @@ -1,53 +1,38 @@ -" \s5 \c 3 - - \p \v 1 Finally, my fellow believers, continue to rejoice because you belong to the Lord. Though I will now write to you about those same matters that I mentioned to you before, this does not make me tired, and it will protect you from those who would like to harm you. - - \p -\v 2 Beware of those people who are as dangerous to you as wild dogs. They just mutilate mens' bodies so they will become Jews. +\v 2 Beware of those people who are as dangerous to you as wild dogs. They just mutilate men's bodies so they will become Jews. \v 3 But as for us—the Spirit of God enables us to truly worship God; we rejoice because we trust in Christ Jesus; and the rituals or ceremonies that people perform mean nothing to us. Therefore we ourselves are what it truly means to be circumcised. + \s5 \v 4 If anyone could have done enough things to please God, it would have been me. - - - - \p \v 5 They circumcised me seven days after I was born. I was born as one of the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. You cannot find a person more Hebrew than myself! My ancestors were all Hebrews. And it was as a Pharisee that I obeyed all the laws of Moses and what our ancestors taught about them. \s5 \v 6 I was so passionate to make people obey the law that I caused believers in Christ to suffer. No one could say that I ever disobeyed the law. - - - \p \v 7 But everything that I then considered to be important I now consider to be worthless, because Christ has changed me. \s5 -\v 8 Instead, even more I now consider all things as not only worthless, but as useless garbage to throw away, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. I have removed from my life everything worthless, in order to benefit from Christ. +\v 8 Instead, even more I now consider all things as not only worthless, but as useless garbage to throw away, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. I have removed from my life everything worthless, in order to benefit from Christ. \v 9 I now belong completely to Christ. I know that I cannot make myself good in God's sight by keeping the law. Instead I trust totally in Christ, so God has declared me good in His sight. \v 10 When God declared me good in his sight, he did this so that I could begin to know Christ; so that God could begin to work in me with the same power with which he raised Christ from the dead; so that I could begin to suffer along with Christ as he suffered; and so that Christ could make me more like him when he died. \v 11 All of this is because I fully expect that God will cause me to live again, as he has promised. - - \s5 \p \v 12 I do not claim that all of these things have fully happened to me yet. But I keep trying to receive these things, because these things are why Christ Jesus took possession of me. \v 13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not yet think that all these things have completely happened to me. But I am like a runner, because I do not look backward as I run toward the finish line. \v 14 Instead, I keep running toward the finish line, in order to win the prize, which is to live forever with God. This is what God has called me for, and what Christ Jesus has made possible. + \s5 -\v 15 So all of us who have become strong believers should think this same way. But if any of you do not think this same way, God will reveal this to you. +\v 15 So all of us who have become strong believers should think this same way. But if any of you do not think this same way, God will reveal this to you. \v 16 Whatever is true about us now, however far we have come, let us trust Christ more and more in the same way we have done until now. - - - \s5 \p \v 17 My fellow believers, join with me and imitate me, and observe closely those people who live as I do, and imitate our example. @@ -55,9 +40,5 @@ \v 19 God will destroy them in the end because their god is their desire to eat, and they live shamefully and think about things of the earth. \s5 -\v 20 As for us, we are citizens of heaven. It is from there that we are eagerly awaiting our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to return. +\v 20 As for us, we are citizens of heaven. It is from heaven that we are eagerly awaiting our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to return. \v 21 He will change the bodies we have now, weak and humble bodies, into bodies like his own powerful body. He will do this with the same power with which he controls all things. - - - - diff --git a/51-PHP/04.usfm b/51-PHP/04.usfm index 4925cb46..b9ac2e37 100644 --- a/51-PHP/04.usfm +++ b/51-PHP/04.usfm @@ -1,18 +1,11 @@ - \s5 \c 4 - - \p \v 1 My fellow believers, I love you and I long for you. You give me joy; you will be the reason for which God will reward me. Dear friends, continue to believe firmly in the Lord, as I have described to you in this letter. - - \p \v 2 I urge you, Euodia, and I urge you, Syntyche, to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, because you are both joined to the Lord Jesus. -\v 3 And I also urge you, my faithful partner, please help these women. They have faithfully proclaimed the good news and worked with me, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life, the book in which God has written the names of all those people who will live forever. - - +\v 3 And I also urge you, my faithful partner, please help these women. They have faithfully proclaimed the good news and worked with me, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow laborers, whose names are in the Book of Life in which God has written the names of all those people who will live forever. \s5 \p @@ -21,52 +14,34 @@ \v 6 Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation pray to God, tell him exactly what you need, and ask him to help you. And thank God for all he does for you. \v 7 Then God's peace, which is much greater than we can understand, will be like a soldier that is guarding how you feel and how you think, as we are joined to Christ Jesus. - - - \s5 \p \v 8 Finally, my fellow believers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy for people to honor, whatever is right, whatever no one can find fault with, whatever is pleasing, whatever people should admire, whatever is good, whatever deserves people to praise it: these are the things that you should always be thinking about. \v 9 Those things that I have taught you and that you have received from me, those things that you have heard me say and that you have seen me do, those are the things that you yourselves should always do. Then God, who gives us his peace, will be with you. - - \s5 \p \v 10 I rejoice greatly and thank the Lord because now, after some time, you sent money to me, and so you have once again shown that you are concerned about me. Indeed, you were concerned about me all the time, but you had no opportunity to show it. \v 11 I am not saying this because I need certain things. In fact, I have learned to be content with whatever I have. - \v 12 I am able to be needy or to have plenty. I have learned how to be satisfied in all circumstances. I know the secret of how to be happy at all times. \v 13 I am able to do everything because Christ makes me strong. \s5 \v 14 Nevertheless, you did the right thing to share with me in my hardship. - - \p \v 15 My friends there at Philippi, you yourselves know that during the time I first proclaimed the good news to you, when I left there to go away from the province of Macedonia, no assembly of believers sent me funds or helped me in any way except you only! -\v 16 Even when I was in the city of Thessalonica, you sent money more than once to supply what I needed +\v 16 Even when I was in the city of Thessalonica, you sent money more than once to supply what I needed. \v 17 I say this, not because I desire that you give me money now. Instead, I want to see you do even more things that God will praise you for. - - - \s5 \p \v 18 I have plenty of things now. I have so many things that you sent me through Epaphroditus. These things are like when priests burn an animal sacrifice to God and it smells good to him. \v 19 God, whom I serve, will supply everything you need because you belong to Jesus Christ, who owns the splendor and wealth of heaven. -\v 20 So praise God our Father who will rule forever and ever in brilliant light! Amen! - - +\v 20 So people should praise God our Father, who will rule forever and ever in brilliant light! Amen! \s5 \p \v 21 Greet for me all the believers. They all belong to God! The believers with me greet you, as well. \v 22 All of God's people here send their greetings to you. Especially the fellow believers who work in the palace of Caesar, the emperor, send their greetings to you. - - \p \v 23 My desire is that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all. - - - diff --git a/52-COL/01.usfm b/52-COL/01.usfm index 7564dd7c..5c00ebcb 100644 --- a/52-COL/01.usfm +++ b/52-COL/01.usfm @@ -1,53 +1,43 @@ + \s5 \c 1 \p -\v 1 I, Paul, write this to the dear fellow believers in the city of Colossae. This is from Paul, whom God chose to send to you as an apostle of Christ Jesus, and this letter is also from Timothy, our fellow believer joined to Christ. We are sending this letter to all of you. +\v 1 I, Paul, write this to the dear fellow believers in the city of Colossae. This is from Paul, whom God chose to send to you as an apostle of Christ Jesus, and this letter is also from Timothy, our fellow believer joined to Christ. We are sending this letter to all of you. \v 2 We send this letter to those God has set apart for himself—those who are faithful believers who belong to Christ. We pray that God our Father will give you his kindness and peace. - - - \p \v 3 We often thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you, \s5 \v 4 because we have heard that you trust in Christ Jesus and that you love all those whom God has set apart for himself. \v 5 You love our fellow believers because you confidently are waiting for the things God is reserving for you in heaven. You first heard about these things when you heard the true message, the good news about Christ. -\v 6 Believers are proclaiming this good news that you heard in Colossae to everyone in the world. It is just as it has worked in you also, from the first day you heard it and understood how truly kind God is. The good news is like a field planted with crops that are growing and will give much a very large harvest. +\v 6 Believers are proclaiming this good news that you heard in Colossae to everyone in the world. It is just as it has worked in you also, from the first day you heard it and understood how truly kind God is. The good news is like a field planted with crops that are growing and will give a very large harvest. \s5 -\v 7 Epaphras taught you that this would happen. We love him because he serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully in our place. -\v 8 He told us that you love all God's people, because God's Spirit has empowered you to love God and others. - - +\v 7 Epaphras taught you the good news. We love him because he serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully in our place. +\v 8 He told us that you love all God's people because God's Spirit has empowered you to love God and others. \s5 \p -\v 9 Since the time we heard about how you love, we have always been praying for you. We ask God to show you everything He wants to do, and to make you wise so that you will understand what God's Spirit is teaching you. -\v 10 We pray that you will live in a way that others will honor the Lord for, so that he will approve of you. We pray that you will do every good thing that he tells you to do. - +\v 9 Since the time we heard about how you love, we have always been praying for you. We ask God to show you everything he wants you to do, and to make you wise so that you will understand what God's Spirit is teaching you. +\v 10 We pray that you will live in a way that will help others honor the Lord also, so that he will approve of you. We pray that you will grow to understand God more and do every good thing that he tells you to do. + \s5 \v 11 We pray that God will strengthen you with all his mighty power, so that you will patiently endure every difficulty. - \v 12 We pray that you will be rejoicing and thanking God our Father, because he has declared you worthy to be with the others whom he has set apart for himself; this is so he can give you all the things that he is keeping for you when you are with him in the light of his presence. - - - \s5 \p \v 13 God our Father has rescued us from the evil that controlled us; he has made his Son, whom he loves, to rule over us now. - \v 14 By means of his Son he has set us free from that evil; that is, he has forgiven our sins. \s5 \v 15 When we know the Son, we know what God is like, even though we cannot see him. The Son has first place over everything that he has created. - \v 16 For the Son created all things, as the Father desired him to do: everything in the sky and everything on earth, everything that we can see and everything that we cannot see, such as angelic beings of all kinds and powers and authorities. All things exist because the Son created them because the Father wanted him to. And they exist for him. \v 17 The Son himself existed before anything else, and he holds everything together. \s5 -\v 18 He rules all believers--the Church--like a person's head rules his body. He rules over the Church because he started it. He was the first person to come back to life with a perfect body. So he is greater than every thing. +\v 18 He rules all believers--the church--like a person's head rules his body. He rules over the church because he started it. He was the first person to come back to life with a perfect body. So he is greater than every thing. \v 19 God the Father was pleased to make everything he is to live in Christ. \v 20 It also pleased God to bring everything back to himself in peace through Jesus. God offered peace to all people and all things everywhere on earth and in heaven. He did this by causing the Son to die on the cross as a sacrifice, shedding his blood as he died. @@ -55,22 +45,15 @@ \p \v 21 Before you believed in Christ, God considered you his enemies, and you were unfriendly to God because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds. \v 22 But now God has offered peace between yourselves and himself and has made you his friends. He did this when Jesus gave up his body and life for us by dying. This made it possible for us to belong to God; he finds nothing wrong in us now, nothing to blame us for. -\v 23 But you must continue to trust Christ completely; then you will be like a house that they built on solid rock. Do not for any reason stop believing in what God has promised to do for you in the good news that and people all over the world have heard. This is the same good news that I, Paul, am serving God by proclaiming to people. - - - +\v 23 But you must continue to trust Christ completely; then you will be like a house that they built on solid rock. Do not for any reason stop believing in what God has promised to do for you in the good news that people all over the world have heard. This is the same good news that I, Paul, am serving God by proclaiming to people. \s5 \p -\v 24 Now I rejoice that I am suffering for your benefit. Yes, in order to help the Church, which is like Christ's body, I suffer things that must still happen. +\v 24 Now I rejoice that I am suffering for your benefit. Yes, in order to help the church, which is like Christ's body, I suffer things that must still happen. \v 25 God made me his servant and gave to me special work to do, which is to proclaim the full message of God to non-Jewish people like you. \v 26 From ancient times, for generations, God did not tell this good news, but now he has revealed this mystery to those whom he has set apart for himself. - \v 27 It is to these people--Jews and non-Jews like yourselves just as much--that God planned to tell this wonderful secret. It is this: Christ will live in you and make you confidently expect to share in God's glory! \s5 \v 28 We are wisely warning and teaching every person about Christ so that we might bring into God's presence each one as knowing God completely, joined to Christ. \v 29 It is to do this that I work my hardest, because Christ is giving me strength. - - - diff --git a/52-COL/02.usfm b/52-COL/02.usfm index abd58d55..6bd8c833 100644 --- a/52-COL/02.usfm +++ b/52-COL/02.usfm @@ -1,72 +1,48 @@ - \s5 \c 2 - - \p \v 1 I want you to realize that I am doing my best to help you and those in Laodicea, and also the believers who have never seen me personally. -\v 2 I do this so that I might encourage them and yourselves to love each other and unite yourselves together. I desire that you all confidently understand and completely understand this secret truth about God and that this truth is Christ! +\v 2 I do this so that I might encourage them and you yourselves to love each other and unite yourselves together. I desire that you all confidently and completely understand this secret truth about God and that this truth is Christ! \v 3 It is only by means of Christ that we can know what God is thinking and how wise he is. \s5 \v 4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you. \v 5 Even though I am absent from you physically, I am very much concerned about you, just as if I were indeed with you. Yet I am rejoicing because I know that you follow Christ in a way that no one can stop you, that you trust in Christ without giving up. - - \s5 \p \v 6 You began to believe in Christ Jesus the Lord by trusting in him, so also live by trusting him. - \v 7 You should rely completely on Christ Jesus the Lord, just like a tree spreads its roots deep into the ground. You learned to trust Christ very much in this way, like men build a house on a good foundation. And you should always give thanks to God. - - - \s5 \p -\v 8 Do not believe anyone who says that you must obey what people have taught about how to honor God or that you must obey what they worship in this world. Instead, obey Christ, - +\v 8 Do not believe anyone who says that you must obey what people have taught about how to honor God or that you must obey what they worship in this world. Instead, obey Christ, \v 9 because the man Jesus Christ is fully God. - \s5 \v 10 Now God has given you everything you need because he has joined you to Christ, and he rules over every other person, spirit, and angel. - -\v 11 It is as if God has also circumcised you. But he did not remove any flesh from you. Instead, Jesus took away the thing that made you sin. - +\v 11 It is as if God has also circumcised you. But he did not remove any flesh from you. Instead, Jesus caused you to not have to sin any longer. It is as if he had cut away your old self that loved to sin. \v 12 Because they have baptized you, God considers that when men buried Christ, they buried you along with him. He considers that when he made Christ come alive again, he made you come alive also, because you trusted that he could make you live again. \s5 \v 13 God viewed you as being dead, because you were sinning against him, and because you were not Jews, so you did not worship him. But he made you come alive together with Christ; he forgave us of all our sins. - -\v 14 We have all sinned so much, but God has forgiven our sins. It is like a man might forgive people who owe him money, so he tears up the papers they signed when he lent them the money. But as for God, it is as if he had nailed those papers on which he had written all our sins and all the laws that we had broken to the cross on which Christ died. - -\v 15 Moreover, God defeated the evil spirit beings who rule people in this world, and he let everybody know that he had defeated them. It was just as if he had paraded them around in the streets as prisoners! - - - +\v 14 We have all sinned so much, but God has forgiven our sins. It is like a man might forgive people who owe him money, so he tears up the papers they signed when he loaned them the money. But as for God, it is as if he had nailed those papers on which he had written all our sins and all the laws that we had broken to the cross on which Christ died. +\v 15 Moreover, God defeated the evil spirit beings who rule people in this world, and he let everybody know that he had defeated them. It was just as if he had paraded them around in the streets as prisoners. \s5 \p \v 16 So disregard anyone who says that God will punish you because you eat certain foods and drink certain drinks or because you do not celebrate special yearly festivals or when the new moon appears or weekly Sabbaths. -\v 17 These kinds of rules and events only picture what is truly coming. What is truly coming is Christ himself. +\v 17 These kinds of rules and events only picture what is truly coming. What is truly coming is Christ himself. \s5 -\v 18 Do not let people prevent God from saving you by convincing you to believe what they say and that you must behave very humbly and worship angels. These people are always talking about visions they say God has made them see. They boast about these things because they think like people everywhere think who do not honor God. - -\v 19 Such persons are not joined to Christ. But he is like the head of a body, and that body is all those who believe in him. The whole body depends upon the head. The bones and ligaments hold the body together, but it is God that makes it grow, and it is the head that gives it what it needs. - - +\v 18 Those same people pretend to be humble, and they love to worship angels. Do not let them convince you to do the same. If you do, you will lose what Christ has promised you. These people are always talking about visions they say God has made them see. They boast about these things because they think like people everywhere think who do not honor God. +\v 19 Such persons are not joined to Christ. He is like the head of a body, and that body is all those who believe in him. The whole body depends upon the head. The bones and ligaments hold the body together, but it is God who makes it grow, and it is the head that gives it what it needs. \s5 \p -\v 20 God considers that you died with Christ when he died. So now the spirits and all the rules that people make for how to please God: none of these things rule you anymore. So why are you still living as if these things were real? Why do you still obey those things? +\v 20 God considers that you died with Christ when he died. So now the spirits and all the rules that people make for how to please God—none of these things rule you anymore. So why are you still living as if these things were real? Why do you still obey those things? \v 21 These rules are such as: "Do not handle certain things. Do not taste certain things. Do not touch certain things." Do not think you still have to obey such regulations. -\v 22 These rules are all about things that perish in this world as people use them. -\v 23 These rules may seem to be good. But people made them because they were trying to honor God. That is why they often look so humble; that is why they often hurt their own bodies. But if we obey these rules, we do not really stop wanting to sin. - - - +\v 22 These rules are all about things that perish in this world as people use them, and they were made up and taught by men, not by God. +\v 23 These rules may seem to be good. But people made them because they were trying to honor God in their own way. That is why those people often look so humble; that is why they often hurt their own bodies. But if we obey these rules, we do not really stop wanting to sin. diff --git a/52-COL/03.usfm b/52-COL/03.usfm index 422d556d..07ea83aa 100644 --- a/52-COL/03.usfm +++ b/52-COL/03.usfm @@ -1,82 +1,48 @@ - \s5 \c 3 - - \p \v 1 God considers that he made you alive again when he made Christ alive after he died. And Christ is in heaven and is sitting at God's right side, the place for the person of greatest honor and power. You also should try to live here as if you were already there. - \v 2 Desire what Jesus is keeping in heaven to give you; do not desire the things here on earth. - \v 3 For God considers that you have died and no longer belong to this world. He considers that he has hidden you with Christ to keep you safe. - \v 4 When God reveals Christ to everyone on earth in his shining light, then he will also reveal you in that same light, because Christ makes you live! - - - \s5 \p -\v 5 Therefore, think of all the evil things you want to do in this world as enemies that must die. You must execute them: Do not try to do sexually immoral or impure acts. Do not think in lustful or evil ways. And do not be greedy, because that is the same as worshiping idols. - -\v 6 It is because people do things like these that God is angry with them, for they do not obey him. - +\v 5 Therefore, think of the desires you have to do evil things in this world as enemies that must die. You must execute them: Do not try to do sexually immoral or impure acts. Do not think in lustful or evil ways. And do not be greedy, because that is the same as worshiping idols. +\v 6 It is because people do things like these that God is angry with them and will punish them, for they do not obey him. \v 7 You yourselves also formerly lived like that when you were participating with those who behaved like that. - \v 8 But now you must stop doing these things. Do not be angry at each other; do not try to make trouble for each other. Do not insult each other or talk in shameful, disgusting ways. \s5 \v 9 And do not lie to one another. Do not do any of these things, because you have become a new person now, a person who does not do these evil things any more. - -\v 10 You are a new person, and God is always making you new so you can know him better, the one who created you as a new person like himself. - +\v 10 You are a new person, and God is always making you to know him better and better and to be like him, as he created you to be. \v 11 God has made us into new persons joined to Christ, and he is always making us new. So it is no longer important whether anyone is a non-Jew or a Jew, or whether anyone is circumcised or is not circumcised, or whether anyone is a foreigner, or even uncivilized, or whether anyone is a slave or not a slave. But instead what is important is Christ, who is all things in all of you. - - - \s5 \p \v 12 Because God has chosen you and set you apart as his people, and because he loves you, serve others compassionately and mercifully and with kindness. Humbly and gently care for one another with patience \v 13 and bear with each other. If anyone complains against someone else, forgive one another. Just as the Lord Jesus has forgiven you, so also you must forgive each other. \v 14 And what is most important is to love one another, because by doing that you will tie yourselves together perfectly. - - \s5 \p \v 15 Christ is the one who makes you to live in peace with God and one another, so always behave so as to remain at peace. This is why he has called you to be together. And always thank God for everything. - \v 16 As you live and serve God, always obey together what Christ has taught you. Teach and instruct each other with wisdom; praise and thank God sincerely as you sing psalms, hymns, and songs that honor him. - - - \p \v 17 Whatever you say, and whatever you do, do it all to honor the Lord Jesus, and do it while you give thanks to God for what Christ has done for you. - - - \s5 \p -\v 18 Wives, obey your husbands; this is right and according to what the Lord Jesus has commanded. +\v 18 Wives, obey your husbands; this is right and according to what the Lord Jesus has commanded. \v 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. - - - \p \v 20 Children, obey your parents in every way, because the Lord God is pleased when you do that. \v 21 Fathers, do not cause anger in your children, so they do not become discouraged. - - \s5 \p \v 22 Slaves, obey your masters in this world in every way. Do not obey your masters only when they are watching you, like those who merely want their masters to think they always obey. Instead, obey your masters sincerely from the heart because you honor the Lord Jesus. \v 23 Whatever work you do, work wholeheartedly for the Lord Jesus rather than for people. Do not work like those who are working merely for their human masters, \v 24 because you know the Lord will repay you; you will receive your share of what the Lord has promised you. Jesus Christ is the real master whom you are serving. \v 25 But God will judge each person in the same way; he will punish those who do wrong as they deserve. - - - diff --git a/52-COL/04.usfm b/52-COL/04.usfm index 4f2fc9dc..87488aff 100644 --- a/52-COL/04.usfm +++ b/52-COL/04.usfm @@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ \v 11 Jesus, who is also named Justus, greets you, too. These three men are the only Jewish believers working with me to proclaim God as king through Christ Jesus. They have greatly helped and encouraged me. \s5 -\v 12 Epaphras, who is your fellow townsman and a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. -\p -He prays earnestly for you very often, that you might be strong and believe everything that God teaches us and promises us. +\v 12 Epaphras, who is your fellow townsman and a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He prays earnestly for you very often, that you might be strong and believe everything that God teaches us and promises us. \v 13 I can say that he has worked very hard for you, for those who live in the city of Laodicea, and for those who live in the city of Hierapolis. \v 14 Luke the doctor, whom I love, and Demas greet you. @@ -41,4 +39,4 @@ He prays earnestly for you very often, that you might be strong and believe ever \s5 \p -\v 18 I, Paul, greet you now in my own handrwriting. Remember me and pray for me in prison. I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ would continue to act graciously toward you all. +\v 18 I, Paul, greet you now in my own handwriting. Remember me and pray for me in prison. I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ would continue to act graciously toward you all. diff --git a/53-1TH/01.usfm b/53-1TH/01.usfm index b09aaf73..45796353 100644 --- a/53-1TH/01.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/01.usfm @@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ \s5 \p \v 2 We always thank God for you all when we mention you while we pray. -\v 3 We continually remember that you work for God because you trust in him and you earnestly help people because you love them. You also endure it when people cause you to suffer. You endure it because you confidently expect that our Lord Jesus Christ will soon return from heaven to rescue you! +\v 3 We continually remember that you work for God, who is our Father, because you trust in him and you earnestly help people because you love them. You have a solid confidence in the future, because you know our Lord Jesus Christ! \s5 \v 4 My fellow believers whom God loves, we also thank him because we know that he chose you to become his people. \v 5 We know that he chose you because when we told the good news to you, it was much more than words only. The Holy Spirit powerfully worked among you, and he strongly assured us that our message to you was true. In the same way, you know how we spoke and how we conducted ourselves when we were with you, in order that we might help you. \s5 -\v 6 We have now heard that you have endured your troubles when people caused you to suffer because you believed in Christ. You endured just as the Lord Jesus Christ endured, and just as we also did. At that time the Holy Spirit made you very joyful. -\v 7 Because you endured suffering, all the believers who live in the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia have learned how they also should trust God while enduring suffering. +\v 6 We have now heard that you are living like we live and are following our example. But more important, you are also living like our Lord lived. You received the message of God's love with great joy that only comes from the Holy Spirit, even though you had to go through many trials and difficulties. +\v 7 All the believers who are in the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia are learning how they should trust God just like you have learned and as you are trusting him. \s5 \v 8 Other people have heard you tell the message from the Lord Jesus. Then they also proclaimed the good news to people who live throughout Macedonia and Achaia. Not only that, but people who live in many faraway places have heard that you trust in God. So we do not need to tell people what God has done in your lives. \v 9 People who live far from you are telling others how warmly you welcomed us when we came to you. They also report that you stopped worshiping false gods and that now you worship the God who can do anything and who truly is God. It was in him that you became believers! -\v 10 They also tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, when God punishes all the people of the entire world. +\v 10 They also tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, when God punishes all the people of the entire world. diff --git a/53-1TH/02.usfm b/53-1TH/02.usfm index 01111dc6..bc37ef60 100644 --- a/53-1TH/02.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/02.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 We are certain about these things, because you acted just like the groups of believers in Judea acted. They also are joined to Christ Jesus, and, just as they endured it when their fellow countrymen mistreated them because of Christ, in the same way you have endured it when your own fellow countrymen mistreat you. -\v 15 Those Jews had killed the Lord Jesus and many prophets, too. Other unbelieving Jews forced us to leave many towns. They really make God angry; and they work against what is best for all human beings! +\v 15 Those Jews had killed the Lord Jesus and many prophets, too. Other unbelieving Jews forced us to leave many towns. They really make God angry, and they work against what is best for all human beings! \v 16 For example, they try to stop us from telling the good news to non-Jews; they do not want God to save them! They have sinned almost as much as God will allow them to before he punishes them at last! diff --git a/53-1TH/03.usfm b/53-1TH/03.usfm index c7a1697c..3c38c5ba 100644 --- a/53-1TH/03.usfm +++ b/53-1TH/03.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \s5 \v 8 Now it is as if we are living in a new way, because you are trusting very much in the Lord Jesus. \v 9 We cannot thank God enough for what he has done for you! We greatly rejoice over you when we pray to our God! -\v 10 We constantly and fervently ask God that we will be able to visit you and that we will be able to help you to trust in Christ more strongly! +\v 10 We constantly and fervently ask God that we will be able to visit you, and that we will be able to help you to trust in Christ more strongly! diff --git a/55-1TI/04.usfm b/55-1TI/04.usfm index 4f68e9f9..de3718a9 100644 --- a/55-1TI/04.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/04.usfm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ \p \v 12 Do not allow anyone to say that you are useless because you are young. Instead, show other believers how to live. Show them this by how you speak, by how you live, by how you love, by how you trust God, and by how you keep from committing evil deeds. -\v 13 Until I come to you, see to it that you read God's Word to the believers in public, and that you explain God's Word and teach the believers. +\v 13 Until I come to you, see to it that you read God's word to the believers in public, and that you explain and teach it to the believers. \s5 \v 14 Be sure to use the gift that is in you, what God gave to you when the elders laid hands on you and spoke God's messages to you. diff --git a/55-1TI/05.usfm b/55-1TI/05.usfm index dcc8112f..aa03c3fc 100644 --- a/55-1TI/05.usfm +++ b/55-1TI/05.usfm @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 17 Let the believers give double honor to the elders who lead them well, and especially to the elders who preach and teach God's Word. +\v 17 Let the believers give double honor to the elders who lead them well, and especially to the elders who preach and teach God's word. -\v 18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not keep the ox from eating the grain that he is treading out," and "The laborer deserves to get his pay." +\v 18 For the scripture says, "You shall not keep the ox from eating the grain that he is treading out," and "The laborer deserves to get his pay." \s5 \p diff --git a/56-2TI/02.usfm b/56-2TI/02.usfm index 0eeaec30..b05800e2 100644 --- a/56-2TI/02.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/02.usfm @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for he cannot deny himself." \p \v 14 Those whom you appointed to teach others God's truth, keep reminding them about these things that I have told you. Warn them before God not to fight over foolish words, because doing so does not help anything and can ruin those who listen. \p -\v 15 Do your best to cause God to approve you as a worker who has no need to be ashamed, who teaches the true Word of God correctly. +\v 15 Do your best to cause God to approve you as a worker who has no need to be ashamed, who teaches the word of God correctly, for everyone can depend on the fact that it tells the truth. \s5 \p diff --git a/56-2TI/03.usfm b/56-2TI/03.usfm index 64105f31..ad79bcac 100644 --- a/56-2TI/03.usfm +++ b/56-2TI/03.usfm @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ \s5 \v 14 But as for you, keep on doing the things that you have learned to do, and the things that you have come to believe are right. Remember me, because I am the one who taught you these things. -\v 15 Remember also that even when you were a young child, you learned what God says in the Scriptures. These can teach you how Christ Jesus saves us, when we trust in him. +\v 15 Remember also that even when you were a young child, you learned what God says in the scriptures. These can teach you how Christ Jesus saves us, when we trust in him. \s5 -\v 16 All the Scriptures come from God's Spirit, so we should read them in order to teach the truth about God. We should also read them in order to persuade people to believe the truth. Also to correct people when they sin. Also to teach people how to do what is right. +\v 16 All the scriptures come from God's Spirit, so we should read them in order to teach the truth about God. We should also read them in order to persuade people to believe the truth. Also to correct people when they sin. Also to teach people how to do what is right. \v 17 We should do these things so that God can train every believer and give him what he needs in order to do every kind of good thing. diff --git a/57-TIT/02.usfm b/57-TIT/02.usfm index 7dd1b479..25db75b8 100644 --- a/57-TIT/02.usfm +++ b/57-TIT/02.usfm @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \v 3 The older women, like the men, should live so that everyone knows that they respect God very much. They must not say bad things about other people, and they must not drink very much wine. But they should teach others what is good. \v 4 In this way, they should teach the younger women to think wisely and to love their own husbands and children. -\v 5 The older women should also teach the younger women to think good thoughts, not to act in a bad way toward any man, to work well at home, and to do what their husbands tell them. They should do all these things so that no one will mock God's Word. +\v 5 The older women should also teach the younger women to think good thoughts, not to act in a bad way toward any man, to work well at home, and to do what their husbands tell them. They should do all these things so that no one will mock God's word. \s5 \v 6 And concerning the younger men, teach them, too. Tell them to control themselves well. diff --git a/59-HEB/01.usfm b/59-HEB/01.usfm index ed77f193..12cc3971 100644 --- a/59-HEB/01.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/01.usfm @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ \p \v 1 Long ago God communicated frequently to our ancestors in various ways by what the prophets said and wrote. \v 2 But now when this final age is beginning, God has communicated to us by his own Son. God has chosen him to possess all things. By him God also created the universe. -\v 3 God's Son is the light of God's powerful brilliance. He shows exactly what God is truly like. All things that exist—he keeps them existing by giving powerful commands. After he had achieved that all sin should be forgiven, he rose into heaven and sat down at the highest place of honor, at the right side of God the Father, where he rules with him. +\v 3 God's Son is the light of God's powerful brilliance. He shows exactly what God is truly like. All things that exist—he keeps them existing by giving powerful commands. After he had acted so that all sin should be forgiven, he rose into heaven and sat down at the highest place of honor, at the right side of God the Father, where he rules with him. \s5 \p -\v 4 God has made his Son to be far greater than the angels, just as his name and authority are far greater than theirs. -\v 5 In the Scriptures no one ever reported that God said to any angel what he said to his Son: +\v 4 God has made his Son to be so much more important than the angels, that he has far more honor and authority than they do. +\v 5 In the scriptures no one ever reported that God said to any angel what he said to his Son: \q "You are my Son! \q Today I have declared to all that I am your Father!" -\p And he said in another Scripture passage, +\p And he said in another scripture passage, \q "I will be his Father, \q and he will be my Son." @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ \v 6 When God brought his honored Son, his only Son, into the world, he commanded: \q "All my angels must worship him." \p -\v 7 And in the Scriptures it is written about the angels: +\v 7 And in the scriptures it is written about the angels: \q "God has made his angels to be spirits who serve him with power like flames of fire." \s5 \p -\v 8 But in the Scriptures, it is also written about God's Son: +\v 8 But in the scriptures, it is also written about God's Son: \q "You who are God will rule forever, \q and you will reign justly over your kingdom. \q @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 10 We also know that his Son is superior to angels because in the Scriptures it is written about God's Son, +\v 10 We also know that his Son is superior to angels because in the scriptures it is written about God's Son, \q "Lord, it was you who created the earth in the beginning. \q You also made the rest of the universe, the stars and everything in the sky. \q diff --git a/59-HEB/02.usfm b/59-HEB/02.usfm index df484e4f..9ba3428c 100644 --- a/59-HEB/02.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/02.usfm @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ \s5 \p \v 5 God has not put the angels in charge of the new world he will make, but instead, he is putting Christ in charge of it. -\v 6 Someone solemnly spoke to God about this somewhere in the Scriptures, saying, +\v 6 Someone solemnly spoke to God about this somewhere in the scriptures, saying, \q "No human being is worthy enough for you to think about him! \q No human is worthy enough for you to care for him! \q \s5 \q -\v 7 You created humans a little lower than the angels, +\v 7 You created humans a little less important than the angels, \q Yet you have greatly honored them, as people honor kings. \f + \ft Some manuscripts add: @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Some manuscripts add: \p God has determined that mankind will rule over everything. That means that nothing will be left out from him ruling it. But now, at this present time, we do not see mankind ruling over everything. \s5 -\v 9 However, we do know about Jesus, who appeared in this life as a little lower than the angels. Because he suffered and died, God has given him the most important place of all. He has made Jesus king over everything, because Jesus died for all mankind. It was because God was so kind to us that this happened. +\v 9 However, we do know about Jesus, who appeared in this life as a little less important than the angels. Because he suffered and died, God has made him the most important of all. He has made Jesus king over everything, because Jesus died for all mankind. It was because God was so kind to us that this happened. @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ Some manuscripts add: \s5 \p -\v 13 And a prophet wrote in another Scripture passage what Christ said about God: +\v 13 And a prophet wrote in another scripture passage what Christ said about God: \q "I will trust him." -\p And in another Scripture passage, Christ said about those who are like his children, +\p And in another scripture passage, Christ said about those who are like his children, \q "I and the children whom God has given me are here." diff --git a/59-HEB/03.usfm b/59-HEB/03.usfm index b33f8a42..e8da5266 100644 --- a/59-HEB/03.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/03.usfm @@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ \s5 \p -\v 7 The Holy Spirit caused the Psalmist to write these words in the Scriptures to the Israelites: +\v 7 The Holy Spirit caused the Psalmist to write these words in the scriptures to the Israelites: \q "Now, when you hear God speak to you, -\v 8 do not stubbornly disobey him, as your ancestors did when they rebelled against him in the wilderness. - +\v 8 do not refuse to obey him, and do not let your desires be more important that what God says, for if you do, you would be just like your ancestors long ago, when they turned away from God and did not obey him. \s5 \v 9 Your ancestors repeatedly tested me, to see whether I would be patient with them, even though for forty years they saw all the amazing things I did. \p -\v 10 So I became disgusted with those people, and I said about them, 'They are never faithful to me, and they do not understand how I wanted them to conduct their lives.' +\v 10 So I became angry with those people, and I said about them, 'They are never faithful to me, and they do not understand how I wanted them to conduct their lives.' \p \v 11 I was angry with them and solemnly declared, 'They will not enter the land of Canaan where I would let them rest!'" @@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ \s5 \v 14 We are now joined to Christ if we continue to seriously and confidently trust in him, from the time we first trusted in him to the time when we die. -\v 15 The Psalmist wrote in the Scripture that God said, +\v 15 The Psalmist wrote in the scripture that God said, \q "Now, when you hear me speaking to you, do not stubbornly disobey me as your ancestors did when they rebelled against me." diff --git a/59-HEB/04.usfm b/59-HEB/04.usfm index a6e916d1..35ce553a 100644 --- a/59-HEB/04.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/04.usfm @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ \s5 \v 3 We who have believed in Christ are able to enter the place of rest because God said, -\q "Because I was angry with the people of Israel, I solemnly declared, 'They will not enter the land where I would let them rest.' " +\q "Because I was angry with the people of Israel, I solemnly declared, 'They will not enter the land where I would let them rest.'" \p God said this even though his plans had been finished from the time he created the world. -\v 4 What was written in the Scriptures about the seventh day after he had spent six days creating the world, shows that this is true: +\v 4 What was written in the scriptures about the seventh day after he had spent six days creating the world, shows that this is true: \q "Then, on the seventh day, God rested from his work of creating everything." \p \v 5 But note again what God said about the Israelites in the passage that I quoted previously: @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 8 If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the place of resting, God would not have spoken later about another time when we could rest. So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally. +\v 8 If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the only place of resting God would give them, then much later God would not have spoken again about another day of rest. But he did give them another promise of rest. \v 9 So, just as God rested on the seventh day after he finished creating everything, there remains a time when God's people will rest eternally. \v 10 Whoever enters God's place of resting has ceased from his work, just as God finished doing his work of creating everything. diff --git a/59-HEB/05.usfm b/59-HEB/05.usfm index 51a603bc..2f6ee69d 100644 --- a/59-HEB/05.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/05.usfm @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ \s5 \v 4 But no one can honor himself by deciding to become the high priest. Instead, God chose each man to become a high priest, as he chose Aaron to be the first high priest. -\v 5 Similarly, Christ also did not honor himself by becoming high priest. Instead, God the Father appointed him by saying to him what the Psalmist wrote in the Scriptures: +\v 5 Similarly, Christ also did not honor himself by becoming high priest. Instead, God the Father appointed him by saying to him what the Psalmist wrote in the scriptures: \q "You are my son! Today I have declared that I am your father!" \s5 \p -\v 6 And he also said to Christ what the psalmist wrote in another Scripture passage: -\q "You are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest." +\v 6 And he also said to Christ what the psalmist wrote in another scripture passage: +\q "You are a priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a priest." \s5 \p @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ \p -\v 11 Although there is much to say to you about how Christ resembles Melchizedek, this is hard for me to explain to you because you understand things so slowly. +\v 11 I want to tell you much about the many ways in which Christ resembles Melchizedek, this is hard for me to explain to you because you find it so difficult to understand. \s5 -\v 12 You became Christians long ago. So by now you should be teaching God's truths to others. But you still need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of the words of God from the Scriptures, starting from the beginning. You need those basic truths like babies need milk. You are not ready to learn more difficult things, things that are like the solid food that mature people need. +\v 12 You became Christians long ago. So by now you should be teaching God's truths to others. But you still need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of the words of God from the scriptures, starting from the beginning. You need those basic truths like babies need milk. You are not ready to learn more difficult things, things that are like the solid food that mature people need. \v 13 Remember that those who are still learning these elementary truths do not understand what God says about becoming righteous. Neither do they yet know right from wrong. They are just like babies who need milk! \v 14 But the more difficult spiritual truth is for people who know God better, just like solid food is for people who are adults. They can tell the difference between what is good and what is evil, because they have trained themselves by learning what is right and what is wrong. diff --git a/59-HEB/06.usfm b/59-HEB/06.usfm index 8858a852..69c39ecb 100644 --- a/59-HEB/06.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/06.usfm @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \p -\v 1-3 So, we must not keep discussing what we first learned about Christ, things that all believers must learn at first. Some of these things are how to stop sinning and how to start trusting in God. There are also important things we teach about various kinds of baptism, why we often pray while putting our hands on each other; and also about how God will raise us all from the dead and judge everyone in a way that will last forever. Indeed, we will discuss these things again later, if God gives us the chance to do it. But now we must discuss things that are harder to understand; these are things that will help us to trust in Christ in all times, no matter what happens. +\v 1-3 So, we must not keep discussing what we first learned about Christ, things that all believers must learn at first. Some of these things are how to stop doing sinful deeds, those that lead to death, and how to start trusting in God. There are also important things we teach about various kinds of baptism, why we often pray while putting our hands on each other; and also about how God will raise us all from the dead and judge everyone in a way that will last forever. Indeed, we will discuss these things again later, if God gives us the chance to do it. But now we must discuss things that are harder to understand; these are things that will help us to trust in Christ in all times, no matter what happens. \s5 \v 4 I will explain why it is important to do this. Some people have at one time understood the message about Christ. They learned what it was like for God to forgive them and for Christ to love them, and they received gifts from the Holy Spirit. \v 5 They found for themselves that God's message is good, and they learned how God will work powerfully in the future. @@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ \v 7 Think about this: God has blessed land on which rain has frequently fallen and on which plants grow for the farmers. \v 8 But what will happen to believers who do not obey God is like what happens to land on which only thorns and thistles grow. Such land is worthless. It has become land that the farmer will curse and whose plants they will burn away. - - \s5 \p -\v 9 You can see that I am warning you, dear friends, not to reject Christ. At the same time, I am certain that you are doing better than that. You are doing the things that are right for those whom God has saved. +\v 9 You can see that I am warning you, dear friends, not to reject Christ. At the same time, I am certain that you are doing better than that. You are doing the things that are in conformity with the fact that God is saving you. \v 10 Since God always acts justly, he will not overlook all you have done for him; he will not overlook how you have loved and helped your fellow believers, and how you are still helping them. \s5 -\v 11 We greatly desire each of you to continue to fully expect to receive what God has provided for you, until you finally receive everything from him. +\v 11 We greatly desire that each of you continue to show the same effort you are showing now, so that to the very end of your lives, you will be sure you will receive all that God promised to give you. \v 12 I do not want you to be lazy. Instead, I want you to do what other believers have done, those who are receiving what God promised them, because they trusted in him and were patient. diff --git a/59-HEB/07.usfm b/59-HEB/07.usfm index ead6a1ba..902243bf 100644 --- a/59-HEB/07.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/07.usfm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ \p \v 1 Now I will say more about this man Melchizedek. He was the king of the city of Salem and was also a priest of God, who rules the universe. He met Abraham and his men who were returning home from defeating the armies of the four kings. Melchizedek blessed Abraham. \v 2 Then Abraham gave to him one tenth of all the things he took after winning the battle. Now Melchizedek's name means first, "king who rules righteously," and, since Salem means "peace," his name also means "the king who rules peacefully." -\v 3 The Scriptures provide us with no record of Melchizedek's father, mother, or ancestors; nor do the Scriptures tell us when he was born or when he died. It is as if he continues to be a priest forever. In this way, he is a little like the Son of God. +\v 3 The scriptures provide us with no record of Melchizedek's father, mother, or ancestors; nor do the scriptures tell us when he was born or when he died. It is as if he continues to be a priest forever. In this way, he is a little like the Son of God. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 Now everyone knows that the more important people bless the less important people, just as Melchizedek blessed Abraham. So we know that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham. -\v 8 In the case of the priests who are descendants of Levi, they are all men who will die one day, but even they received tithes. However, in the case of Melchizedek, who received a tenth of everything from Abraham—it is as if God testified that Melchizedek keeps on living, since Scripture does not speak about him dying. +\v 8 In the case of the priests who are descendants of Levi, they are all men who will die one day, but even they received tithes. However, in the case of Melchizedek, who received a tenth of everything from Abraham—it is as if God testified that Melchizedek keeps on living, since scripture does not speak about him dying. \v 9 And it was as though Levi himself, and all the priests descended from him—those who received tithes from the people—paid tithes to Melchizedek because their ancestor Abraham paid tithes to him. When Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek it was as though Levi and all the priests descended from him acknowledged that Melchizedek was greater Abraham. \v 10 This is true because we can say that Levi and his descendants were still in Abraham's body when Melchizedek met Abraham. @@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ \s5 \v 13 Jesus, the one about whom I am saying these things, is not a descendant of Levi. Instead, he came from the tribe of Judah, which never gave any person who served as priest. -\v 14 The Scriptures clearly state this. And in fact, Moses never said that any of Judah's descendants would become priests. +\v 14 The scriptures clearly state this. And in fact, Moses never said that any of Judah's descendants would become priests. \s5 \v 15 Furthermore, we know that the priests descended from Levi were inadequate, since it is even more obvious that another priest has appeared who is like Melchizedek. \v 16 This priest is Jesus; he became a priest, but not because he fulfilled what God's law required about being a descendant of Levi. Instead, he has the kind of power that came from a life that nothing can destroy. -\v 17 We know this since God confirmed it in the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son, -\q "You are a priest eternally, just like Melchizedek was a priest." +\v 17 We know this since God confirmed it in the scripture passage in which he said to his Son, +\q "You are a priest eternally, just as Melchizedek was a priest." \s5 \p @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 20 Furthermore, when God appointed Christ as a priest, he solemnly declared it. When God appointed former priests, he did not do this. -\v 21 But when he appointed Christ to be a priest, it was by these words that the Psalmist wrote in Scripture: +\v 21 But when he appointed Christ to be a priest, it was by these words that the Psalmist wrote in scripture: \q "The Lord has solemnly declared \q —and he will not change his mind: \q 'You will be a priest forever!'" @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \v 24 But because Jesus lives eternally, he will continue to be a high priest forever. \s5 -\v 25 So Jesus can completely and eternally save those who come to God, since he lives forever to plead with God to forgive them and keep them saved. +\v 25 So Jesus can completely and eternally save those who come to God, since he lives forever to plead with God to forgive them and keep them safe. \p diff --git a/59-HEB/08.usfm b/59-HEB/08.usfm index d47c71a3..f3c4c507 100644 --- a/59-HEB/08.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/08.usfm @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ \s5 \v 11 No one will need to teach a fellow citizen -\q or tell his fellow kinsmen, 'You need to know the Lord,' -\q because all my people will know me: -\q everyone among my people, from the least important to the most important, will know me. +\q or tell his fellow kinsmen, 'You acknowledge that the Lord is God,' +\q because all my people will acknowledge me. +\q Everyone among my people, from the least important to the most important, will know me. \q \v 12 I will mercifully forgive them for the wicked things they have done. \q I will no longer consider that they are guilty for their sins." diff --git a/59-HEB/10.usfm b/59-HEB/10.usfm index 9ef24f6c..34331089 100644 --- a/59-HEB/10.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/10.usfm @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ \q \v 7 Because of this, I said, 'My God, listen! \q I have come here in order to do what you want me to do, -\q just as they have written about me in the Scriptures.' " +\q just as they have written about me in the scriptures.'" \s5 \p @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ \s5 \v 35 So do not become discouraged when they cause you to suffer, because if you continue to trust in God, he will greatly reward you. \v 36 You must patiently continue to trust in him in order that, because of your doing what God wants you to do, he will give you what he has promised. -\v 37 A prophet wrote in the Scriptures that God said about the Messiah: +\v 37 A prophet wrote in the scriptures that God said about the Messiah: \q "In just a short time the one I promised would come will surely come; \q he will not delay coming. \q diff --git a/59-HEB/11.usfm b/59-HEB/11.usfm index cdd5ac67..dab5b8a9 100644 --- a/59-HEB/11.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/11.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \p \v 8 God called Abraham to go to the land that he would give his descedants. Because Abraham trusted him, he obeyed God and left his country, even though his did not know where he was going. \v 9 Because Abraham trusted God, he lived as though he were a foreigner in a land that God had promised to give his descendants. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham. -\v 10 Abraham was waiting to live in the city that God himself would design and build. +\v 10 Abraham was waiting to live in the permanent city that God himself would design and build. \s5 \v 11 Because Abraham trusted God to give him strength, he was able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was beyond the time when women bear children, God promised he would give her a son, and Abraham believed that God would do what he promised to do. @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 29 Because the Israelites trusted God when they walked through the sea of Reeds, it was as though they were walking on dry land! But, when the army of Egypt also attempted to cross where the sea had been, they drowned, because the sea came back and flooded them! +\v 29 Because the Israelites trusted God when they walked through the Sea of Reeds, it was as though they were walking on dry land! But, when the army of Egypt also attempted to cross where the sea had been, they drowned, because the sea came back and flooded them! \p \v 30 Because the Israelite people trusted God, the walls around the city of Jericho collapsed, after the Israelites marched around the walls for seven days. \p diff --git a/59-HEB/12.usfm b/59-HEB/12.usfm index 2fe474d2..216ccfa2 100644 --- a/59-HEB/12.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/12.usfm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \p \v 1 We know about many people like these who proved that they trusted in God. So we also must put away everything that hinders us. Especially we must stop doing anything that would keep us back, like a runner who takes off his clothes. Then let us patiently do everything that God gives us to do until we cross the finish line. -\v 2 And let us keep thinking about Jesus, as a runner keeps his eyes on the goal. He is the one whom we trust because he endured the intense suffering on the cross and ignored people who shamed him. He did this because he knew how joyful this would make others. He now sits at the place of highest honor beside the throne where God rules in heaven. +\v 2 And let us keep thinking about Jesus. He endured the intense suffering on the cross and ignored the people who shamed him. He did this because he knew how joyful God would make him later. He now sits at the place of highest honor beside the throne where God rules in heaven. \p diff --git a/59-HEB/13.usfm b/59-HEB/13.usfm index 60aa6432..9105e71d 100644 --- a/59-HEB/13.usfm +++ b/59-HEB/13.usfm @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ \p \v 1 Continue to love your fellow believers. -\v 2 Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers. By caring for strangers, some people have given hospitality to angels without knowing it. +\v 2 Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers. By caring for strangers, some people have welcomed angels into their home without knowing it. \s5 \v 3 Remember to help those who are in prison because they are believers, as though you were in prison with them and were suffering physically as they are doing. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ \v 4 Men and women who are married to each other must respect each other, and they must be faithful to each other. God will surely condemn those who act immorally or adulterously. \s5 -\v 5 Live without constantly wanting money, and be content with the things you possess. Remember what Moses wrote that God said: +\v 5 Live without constantly wanting money, and be happy no matter how much or little you own. Remember what Moses wrote that God said: \q "I will never leave you; \q I will never stop providing for you." \p diff --git a/60-JAS/02.usfm b/60-JAS/02.usfm index c05c2109..67a6c61a 100644 --- a/60-JAS/02.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/02.usfm @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ \v 7 And they are the ones who speak evil against the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy of praise, to whom you belong! \s5 -\v 8 Jesus our King has commanded you in the Scriptures that each of you must love other people like you love yourself. If you love others, you do what is right. +\v 8 If you follow the King's rules, as they are written in the scriptures, you will see the command, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." If you love others, you are doing what is right. \v 9 But if you honor some people more than others, you are doing wrong. And because you do not do what God commanded us to do, he condemns you because you disobey his laws. \s5 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ \v 22 In this way, Abraham trusted in God and obeyed him. When he obeyed him, he finished doing what he was trusting God for. -\v 23 And so it happened as it is written in the Scriptures, "Because Abraham truly trusted in God, God viewed him as someone who did the right thing." God also said about Abraham, "He is my friend." +\v 23 And so it happened as it is written in the scriptures, "Because Abraham truly trusted in God, God viewed him as someone who did the right thing." God also said about Abraham, "He is my friend." \v 24 From the example of Abraham you can realize that it is because people do good deeds that God considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust in him. \s5 diff --git a/60-JAS/03.usfm b/60-JAS/03.usfm index 143de4eb..0dbd6c68 100644 --- a/60-JAS/03.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/03.usfm @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + \s5 \c 3 @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ \v 4 Think also about ships. Although a ship may be very large and although it can be moved by strong winds, by turning a very small rudder people can direct the ship wherever they want it to go. \s5 -\v 5 Similarly, although our tongues are very small, if we do not control them, we can harm people by talking big. Think also about how just a small flame of fire can cause a large forest to burn. +\v 5 In the same way, although our tongues are very small, if we do not control them, we can harm people by talking big. Think also about how just a small flame of fire can cause a large forest to burn. \p \v 6 Just like a fire burns a forest, when we say things that are evil, we can destroy many people. What we say reveals that there is much evil within us. What we say contaminates all that we think and do. Just like a flame of fire easily causes the whole surrounding area to burn, what we say can cause sons and daughters and their descendants to want to do evil for the rest of their lives. It is the devil himself who influences us to speak what is evil. \s5 -\v 7 Indeed, although people are able to tame all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and creatures that live in the water, and people have tamed them, -\v 8 no person on his own is able to control what he says. And when people speak evilly, it shows that they do evil things without controling themselves. As the poison of a snake kills people, we can harm others by what we say. +\v 7 Although people are able to tame all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and creatures that live in the water, and people have tamed them, +\v 8 no one is able to control what he says. The words we speak are an uncontrolled evil. Our words can do great harm, just like poison that kills. \s5 \v 9 We use our tongue to praise God, who is our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongue to ask God to do evil to people. That is very wrong, because God made people like himself. @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ \s5 \v 15 Those who think like this are not wise in the way that God wants them to be. Instead, they are only thinking and acting like people who do not honor God. They think and act according to their own evil desires. They do what the demons want them to do. \v 16 Keep in mind that people who have such attitudes do not control themselves. They take from other people and act like what they are doing is right, but it is wrong, and they do every sort of evil. -\v 17 But when people are wise in the way that God wants them to be, they commit no fault, which God considers to be very important. They also help others to live in peace, they pay attention to what other people need, they are willing to yield to the wishes of others, they have mercy on others, and they do all kinds of good things for others. How they treat others does not depend on how important they are, and they speak and act in an honest manner. -\v 18 Those who act peaceably toward others cause the others to also act peaceably, with the result that they all live together acting righteously . +\v 17 God gives us a wisdom that comes from heaven, and his wisdom is first of all morally pure. That wisdom shows us how to make peace with others. That wisdom teaches us to be kind to others and that true wisdom shows us how to give up our rights and, it teaches us when we should give them up. God's wisdom overflows with kindness to those who are not deserving, and to do good works that have lasting results. God's wisdom sees people as having equal worth. This wisdom teaches people not to tell lies with words or by the way they live. +\v 18 Those who act peaceably toward others cause the others to also act peaceably, with the result that they all live together acting righteously. diff --git a/60-JAS/04.usfm b/60-JAS/04.usfm index 7916a4bb..76583075 100644 --- a/60-JAS/04.usfm +++ b/60-JAS/04.usfm @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ \v 5 Surely you do not think that it is for no reason that God told us in the scriptures that the Spirit he placed in us yearns for us to live our lives in ways that please him. \s5 -\v 6 But God is powerful and very kind to us, and he wants very much to help us stop sinning. That is why the Scripture says, "God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble." +\v 6 But God is powerful and very kind to us, and he wants very much to help us stop sinning. That is why the scripture says, "God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble." \p \v 7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and as a result he will run away from you. diff --git a/61-1PE/01.usfm b/61-1PE/01.usfm index d34900c0..f22b39fc 100644 --- a/61-1PE/01.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/01.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ God is allowing you to be tested, as precious metals are tested to see if they a \s5 \v 15 Instead, just like God, the one who chose you to belong to him, is holy, you also must be holy in everything that you do. -\v 16 Be holy, because it is written in the Scriptures that God said, "You must be holy because I am holy." +\v 16 Be holy, because it is written in the scriptures that God said, "You must be holy because I am holy." \p \v 17 God is the one who judges what each one does, and he does this very fairly. Since you call him 'Father,' behave in a right way while you are living here on earth. You are like people whom others have driven from their homes, because you are living away from heaven, your true home. diff --git a/61-1PE/02.usfm b/61-1PE/02.usfm index 0c2d4946..3b948544 100644 --- a/61-1PE/02.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/02.usfm @@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ \v 5 And like men build houses with stones, God is joining you together like a building in which his Spirit lives. He is doing this in order that you—like the priests who offer sacrifices at the altar, might do things that please God because Jesus Christ has died for you. \s5 -\v 6 What the Scriptures say show us that this is true: "I am placing in Jerusalem someone who is like a very valuable stone, the most important stone in the building, and those who believe in him will never become ashamed." +\v 6 What the scriptures say show us that this is true: "I am placing in Jerusalem someone who is like a very valuable stone, the most important stone in the building, and those who believe in him will never become ashamed." \s5 \p -\v 7 Therefore, God will honor you who believe in Jesus. But those who refuse to believe in him are like the builders that the Scriptures talk about: +\v 7 Therefore, God will honor you who believe in Jesus. But those who refuse to believe in him are like the builders that the scriptures talk about: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the most important stone in the building." \p -\v 8 It is also written in the Scriptures: +\v 8 It is also written in the scriptures: \q "He will be like a stone that causes people to stumble, \q and like a rock that people trip over. \p Just as people are injured when they stumble over a rock, @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 9 But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that worship God like priests, and you rule with God like kings. You are a people group that belongs to God, so that you might proclaim the wonderful things he has done. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, and he has made you understand the marvelous true things about him. -\v 10 What the Scriptures say is true about you: +\v 10 What the scriptures say is true about you: \q "Formerly, you were no people group at all, \q But now you are God's people group. \q At one time God had not acted mercifully toward you, diff --git a/61-1PE/04.usfm b/61-1PE/04.usfm index 6523fdf7..788b0c73 100644 --- a/61-1PE/04.usfm +++ b/61-1PE/04.usfm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ \s5 \v 17 I say this, because it is now time for God to begin judging people, and first he will judge those who belong to him. Since he will judge us believers first, think about the terrible things that will happen to those who do not obey the good news that comes from him! -\v 18 That will be as it is written in the Scriptures: +\v 18 That will be as it is written in the scriptures: \q "Many righteous people will have to suffer many difficult trials before going to heaven. \q So ungodly and sinful people will surely have to suffer much severe punishment from God!" \p diff --git a/62-2PE/01.usfm b/62-2PE/01.usfm index 8aa5e52b..45acde67 100644 --- a/62-2PE/01.usfm +++ b/62-2PE/01.usfm @@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ \s5 \v 19 In this way, because of what we saw, we are even more sure that what the prophets wrote about Christ long ago is completely reliable. You should pay attention to what they wrote, because it lets you know whether what we taught you is true or false, like a lamp that is shining in a dark place helps people see where they are going. You should pay attention to what they wrote until our Lord Jesus Christ comes back and enables you to know God fully. At that point, it will be like when the day dawns and the morning star rises, and we can see it clearly. -\v 20 It is important that you realize that no prophet could interpret by himself the meaning of what they wrote in the Scriptures without the help of God's Spirit, +\v 20 It is important that you realize that no prophet could interpret by himself the meaning of what they wrote in the scriptures without the help of God's Spirit, \v 21 because no human beings decided to make those prophecies. On the contrary, those who spoke messages from God did so the Holy Spirit helped them do it. Therefore the Spirit must also help us understand what they mean. diff --git a/62-2PE/03.usfm b/62-2PE/03.usfm index cc6e0529..2bc89d6f 100644 --- a/62-2PE/03.usfm +++ b/62-2PE/03.usfm @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ \p \v 14 Therefore, dear friends, because you are waiting for these things to happen, do all that you can to conduct your lives in a way that honors God, in order that Christ may see that you do not sin and that you are living peacefully with each other. \v 15 And think about this: Our Lord Jesus Christ is patient because he wants to save people. Our dear brother Paul also wrote wise words to you about these same matters, because God enabled him to understand these events. -\v 16 In the letters that Paul wrote there are certain things that are difficult for people to understand. People who know nothing about God and who speak at random interpret these things wrongly, as they also interpret the other parts of the Scriptures wrongly. The result is that they they will lead God to punish them. +\v 16 In the letters that Paul wrote there are certain things that are difficult for people to understand. People who know nothing about God and who speak at random interpret these things wrongly, as they also interpret the other parts of the scriptures wrongly. The result is that they will lead God to punish them. \s5 \v 17 Therefore, dear friends, since you already know about these false teachers, guard against them. Do not let these wicked people deceive you by telling you things that are wrong. Do not let them to persuade you to doubt what you now firmly believe. diff --git a/63-1JN/03.usfm b/63-1JN/03.usfm index 0bf7380b..ae450a92 100644 --- a/63-1JN/03.usfm +++ b/63-1JN/03.usfm @@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ \s5 \v 13 You should not be amazed when unbelievers hate you. -\v 14 Because we love our fellow believers, we know that God has made us to live forever with him. But God regards anyone who does not love them as dead. -\v 15 God treats anyone who hates their fellow believers as though they had done something just as bad as committing murder. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. - +\v 14 Because we love our fellow believers, we know that God has made us to live forever with him. But God regards anyone who does not love their fellow believer as a person who is not living in life but is living under the power of death. +\v 15 God treats anyone who hates their fellow believers as though they had done something just as bad as committing murder. And anyone who does not love his brother is living for death, not life. \s5 \v 16 The way that we now know how to truly love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ died for us of his own free will. So in the same way, we should do anything for our fellow believers, even die for them. \v 17 Many of us have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and if we refuse to provide for them, it is clear that we do not love God as we claim to do. diff --git a/67-REV/01.usfm b/67-REV/01.usfm index 51e39ddb..d483eb05 100644 --- a/67-REV/01.usfm +++ b/67-REV/01.usfm @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ \p \v 4 I, John, am writing this letter to the seven groups of believers in the province of Asia. May God be kind to you and give you peace, for he is the one who has always existed, who exists now, and who will always exist in the future. May the seven spirits who are sitting in front of his throne do these things for you, too. \v 5 May Jesus Christ also—who has faithfully told us the truth about God and—be kind to you and give you peace. For he is the first one whom God raised from the dead, and he is the one who rules the kings of the earth. He is the one who loves us and who has freed us from the guilt of our sins by his blood when he died on the cross. -\v 6 He is the one who has begun to rule over his kingdom; he has set us apart to be priests who come close to God and worship his Father as he commanded. It is Jesus Christ whom we must honor and praise forever. This is the truth. +\v 6 He is the one who has begun to rule over his kingdom; he has set us apart to be priests who worship God his Father as he commanded. It is Jesus Christ whom we must honor and praise forever. This is the truth. \s5 \p @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ \s5 \v 14 The hair on his head was as white as wool or fresh fallen snow. His eyes were like a brilliant flame. -\v 15 His feet looked like bronze that had just come out of a furnace, glowing red. When he spoke, his voice sounded had the volume and depth of a great river of rushing water. +\v 15 His feet looked like gleaming bronze. When he spoke, his voice sounded had the volume and depth of a great river of rushing water. \v 16 He was holding seven stars in his right hand. A sword with two sharp edges was coming out of his mouth. His face shone as bright as the sun at midday. \s5 -\v 17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet as though I were dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, "Do not be afraid! I am the first one who began all things and the last one who causes all things to end. +\v 17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet as though I were dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, "Do not be afraid! I am the First One who began all things and the Last One who causes all things to end. \v 18 I am alive, even though I died once, and indeed, I am alive forever! I have power over death and I control the place of the dead. \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/02.usfm b/67-REV/02.usfm index 91cca8d0..87fb002c 100644 --- a/67-REV/02.usfm +++ b/67-REV/02.usfm @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ \v 2 'I know all you have done. I know that you work hard for me. I know you are patient when you go through hard times. I also know that you cannot tolerate people who are evil, and that you question people about their faith, and you know those who claim to be apostles, but they are not. \s5 -\v 3 I know also that you endure patiently when you suffered because of you believe in me and continue to serve me steadfastly. Even when people caused you to suffer because you followed me. You have continued to serve and hold to my words even when it was difficult. You did not give up or stop, even though it has been difficult for you. +\v 3 I know also that you endure patiently when you suffer for believing in me and that you continue to serve me steadfastly. Even when people caused you to suffer because you followed me. You have continued to serve and hold to my words even when it was difficult. You did not give up or stop, even though it has been difficult for you. \v 4 Nevertheless, you have done something wrong: You no longer love each other and me as you did when you first came to trust. You do not have the same love for me now that you had at first. \v 5 So, I tell you to remember how you used to love me. Love me again like you did at the first. Or if you do not, I will come to you and remove the light of the worshiping community, the group of believers, and I will take that away from you. \s5 \v 6 But you do one thing very well: Those Nicolaitans, the people who say you can worship idols and act immorally—you hate what they do, just as I hate it. -\v 7 Everyone who wants to understand my message must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together. The promise is that victory is promised to you who follow me. And those who are victorious will be permitted to eat fruit from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God's garden.'" +\v 7 Everyone who wants to understand my message must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together. The message is this: I will allow those who are victorious to eat fruit from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God's garden.'" \s5 @@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ curse you and say terrible things about you because you follow Christ. Those Jew \v 15 In that way, you are also permitting some of your members to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, that sexual immorality is permitted, which, of course, it is not permitted. \s5 -\v 16 Stop doing this and change your direction, or I will not wait but will come to you suddenly and I will make war against them with the word of God that comes out of my mouth. +\v 16 Stop doing this and change your direction, or I will come to you suddenly and I will make war against them with the sword in my mouth, the word of God. \v 17 Listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit speaks to the groups of believers. To him who conquers, I will give the hidden manna, that will feed and strengthen you. I will also give him a white stone, on which I will engrave a new name for him, a name I give him will be a name that only he and I will know.'" \s5 \p -\v 18 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled together in the city of Thyatira: 'I, the Son of God, whose eyes shine like a flame of fire and whose feet shine like fine brass, am saying these things to you. +\v 18 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled together in the city of Thyatira: 'I, the Son of God, whose eyes shine like a flame of fire and whose feet shine like gleaming bronze, am saying these things to you. \v 19 I know all the good things that you do. I know that you love me and each other, and that you trust in me. I know that you serve others and that you steadfastly endure a lot of difficulties. I know that you are doing these things more now than you did in the past. \s5 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ curse you and say terrible things about you because you follow Christ. Those Jew \s5 \v 26 As for those who conquer Satan and who keep on doing what I command until they die, I will give them my authority over all people-groups. \v 27 They will control them as if they were striking them with an iron rod. They will destroy evildoers just as people shatter clay pots. I will give them the right to do these things, just as my Father has given me that right. -\v 28 To everyone who conquers Satan, I will give the morning star. +\v 28 I do all of this with the authority my Father gave me, and I will give the morning star to those who rule with me so that we may have great joy in our victory. \v 29 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'" diff --git a/67-REV/03.usfm b/67-REV/03.usfm index 15ef02f7..5d45d0e9 100644 --- a/67-REV/03.usfm +++ b/67-REV/03.usfm @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ \p \v 1 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled in the city of Sardis. 'I am saying these things to you. I am the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know everything that you have done. You appear to be alive, but you are dead. -\v 2 Wake up from your sleep! Strengthen the few things that you still have, those things that are about to die. You must do this because I know that my God considers that nothing you do is satisfactory. +\v 2 Be alert! Do more work for me, or what you have already done will become worthless. You must do this because my God knows that you have not done enough. \s5 \v 3 So then, keep remembering God's message and the truth that you accepted when you heard it. Always obey it and turn away from your sinful behavior. If you do not do this, I will come to you when you are not expecting me, as a thief comes. You will never know at what time I will come to judge you. \v 4 Nevertheless, you have a few believers there in the city of Sardis who have not been doing what is wrong. It is as though they have not dirtied their garments. As a result, because they are worthy to live with me, they will live with me and will be pure in every way, like people who are dressed in pure white clothing. \s5 -\v 5 Those who conquer Satan I will dress in these same white garments. I will never erase their names from the book of life that contains the names of the people who have eternal life. Instead, I will acknowledge in the presence of my Father and his angels that they belong to me . +\v 5 Those who conquer Satan I will dress in these same white garments. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life that contains the names of the people who have eternal life. Instead, I will acknowledge in the presence of my Father and his angels that they belong to me . \v 6 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'" \s5 @@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ \v 13 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to the message that God's Spirit is saying to the groups of believers assembled together.'" \s5 - - \p -\v 14 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled in the city of Laodicea: 'I am saying these things to you. I am the one who guarantees all of God's promises. I am the one who testifies about God reliably and accurately. I am the one by whom God created all things. +\v 14 "Write this message to the angel of the group of believers assembled in the city of Laodicea: 'I am saying these things to you. I am the one who guarantees all of God's promises. I am the one who testifies about God reliably and accurately. I am the ruler over all of God's creation. \v 15 I know everything that you have done: You do not deny that you trust in me, but you do not love me much. You are like water that is neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot! \v 16 Because you are neither hot or cold, I am about to reject you, as if I were spitting lukewarm water out of my mouth. diff --git a/67-REV/05.usfm b/67-REV/05.usfm index 2c2658d9..abfbda7f 100644 --- a/67-REV/05.usfm +++ b/67-REV/05.usfm @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ - - \s5 \c 5 diff --git a/67-REV/06.usfm b/67-REV/06.usfm index 79f40eec..dd8e02f4 100644 --- a/67-REV/06.usfm +++ b/67-REV/06.usfm @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ \p -\v 9 Then the lamb opened the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar in heaven the spirits of God's servants whom others had killed because these servants had believed God's message and because they had told others the truth about it and Jesus. +\v 9 Then the lamb opened the fifth seal, and I saw under the altar in heaven the spirits of God's servants whom others had killed because these servants had believed God's message, the message to which God himself bore witness. \v 10 They loudly asked God, "Sovereign Lord, you are holy and true. How long will it be before you condemn and punish the people on earth who murdered us?" -\v 11 Then God gave to each of them a long, white robe, and he told them to rest and be patient a little longer. They should be patient until the wicked people killed all the believers who served the Lord with them. These believers were those whom God wanted to die in just the same way that these others had died. +\v 11 Then God gave to each of them a white robe, and he told them to be patient a little longer. They should be patient until the number of those who also served the Lord with them—who were their brothers and sisters in Christ—would be killed just like they themselves had been killed because of their faith. \s5 diff --git a/67-REV/09.usfm b/67-REV/09.usfm index 65e62055..b75feb1d 100644 --- a/67-REV/09.usfm +++ b/67-REV/09.usfm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ \s5 \c 9 \p -\v 1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. God gave it the key to the shaft that descended to the world of the dead. +\v 1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. God gave it the key to the shaft that went down but had no ending. \v 2 When he opened that shaft, smoke rose from it like smoke from a great burning furnace. The smoke prevented anyone from seeing the light of the sun and the sky. \s5 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 They had tails like tails of scorpions. With these tails they could sting people. Their power to harm people during those five months was in their tails. -\v 11 The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. Both of these names mean "Destroyer." +\v 11 The king who ruled over them was the angel of the shaft that went down but had no ending. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. Both of these names mean "Destroyer." \p \v 12 That ended the first terrible event. But be aware that two more terrible events are still to come. diff --git a/67-REV/10.usfm b/67-REV/10.usfm index 4a603f76..f1cec323 100644 --- a/67-REV/10.usfm +++ b/67-REV/10.usfm @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ \s5 \v 5 Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the ocean and the land raised his right hand toward heaven, -\v 6 and he asked the one who lives forever—the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, who created the earth and everything that is in it, and who created the ocean and everything that is in it—to say that what he was going to say was true. The angel said that he would surely no longer delay what God had planned to do. +\v 6 and he asked the one who lives forever—the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, who created the earth and everything that is on it, and who created the ocean and everything that is in it—to say that what he was going to say was true. The angel said that God would no longer delay in doing what he had planned to do. \v 7 He said that when the time came for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God's secret plan would be finished, just as he had said long ago to his servants, the prophets. \s5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ \s5 \v 10 I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. In my mouth it tasted sweet like honey, but then it made my stomach bitter. -\v 11 The one who had spoken from heaven said to me, "You must speak God's messages again about many many nations, people groups, speakers of many languages, and many kings." +\v 11 Then someone said to me, "You must speak God's messages again about many nations, people groups, speakers of many languages, and many kings." diff --git a/67-REV/11.usfm b/67-REV/11.usfm index 0abf325b..7f6a95d1 100644 --- a/67-REV/11.usfm +++ b/67-REV/11.usfm @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ \s5 \v 6 Those witnesses will have authority over the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time that they are announcing what God reveals to them. They also will have authority to cause water everywhere to become blood; they will also have authority to send down to the earth all kinds of plagues. They will do this as often as they wish. -\v 7 When they have finished announcing to people the message from God, the beast that comes up from the underworld will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. +\v 7 When they have finished announcing to people the message from God, the beast that comes up from the shaft that went down but had no ending will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. \s5 \v 8 The dead bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city where their Lord was crucified, the city that is symbolically called Sodom or Egypt because its people are very evil like the people who lived in Sodom and Egypt. @@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ \q1 \v 18 The unbelieving people of the nations were angrily raging at you. \q1 As a result you have become very angry with them. -\q1 You have decided that this is the right time for you to judge all the dead people. -\q1 You have also decided that this is the right time for you to reward all your servants, -\q1 both the prophets and the rest of your people who honor you, -\q1 whether they were important on earth or unimportant. -\q1 It is time for you to reward all of them. -\q1 You have also decided it is the time for you to destroy the people who have been destroying others on the earth." +\q1 You have decided that this is the right time for you to judge all those who have died. +\q1 The time has come for you to reward all your servants who were the prophets and the others who believe in you, +\q1 and all those who honor you, +\q1 and this includes those who are small and those who are great. +\q1 It is time for you to destroy the people who destroy the earth." \s5 \p diff --git a/67-REV/12.usfm b/67-REV/12.usfm index 2bc5974f..f5598bc1 100644 --- a/67-REV/12.usfm +++ b/67-REV/12.usfm @@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ \s5 \v 10 Then I heard someone in heaven shout loudly, \q1 "Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules all people! -\q1 Now his Christ, who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, -\q1 has authority to rule everywhere because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers of doing wrong. -\q1 The dragon accuses them day and night before our God. +\q1 Now the authority of Christ has come! +\q1 The one who accuses our fellow believers day and night. He stood before God, telling him that they had done what is wrong. But they had not done what is wrong. +\q1 And God threw the accuser out of heaven. + \s5 \q1 diff --git a/67-REV/13.usfm b/67-REV/13.usfm index d6239f47..7b63ad0b 100644 --- a/67-REV/13.usfm +++ b/67-REV/13.usfm @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \s5 \v 7 God also allowed the beast to fight against his people and conquer them. It had authority to rule over every tribe, over every nation, over the speakers of every language, and over every people-group. -\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. They are the people whose names are not in the book of life that belongs to the lamb who had been killed. These are the names of the people that he wrote in the book before God created the world, the names of those who belong to God. +\v 8 All the people living on earth will worship it. They are the people whose names are not in the Book of Life that belongs to the lamb who had been killed. These are the names of the people that he wrote in the book before God created the world, the names of those who belong to God. \s5 \v 9 Everyone who wants to understand must listen carefully to this message from God. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ \v 14 He did these miracles on behalf of the first beast. By doing that, he deceived the people on the earth so that they thought they should worship the first beast. But this happened only because God allowed it to happen. The second beast told the people living on earth to make an idol to represent the first beast, the one that someone had almost killed. \s5 -\v 15 God allowed the second beast to breathe life into that idol in order that the idol might speak and command that whoever refused to worship it should be killed. +\v 15 God allowed the second beast to breathe life into that idol in order that the idol might speak. And the beast commanded that whoever refused to worship the idol should be killed. \v 16 The second beast also required that people should write the first beast's name on the right hand or on the forehead of everyone, whether these were important people or unimportant people, rich or poor, free or slave. Everyone! \v 17 The second beast required this so that people could not buy anything or sell anything if they did not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number representing its name. diff --git a/67-REV/14.usfm b/67-REV/14.usfm index 25c65916..2de07cb3 100644 --- a/67-REV/14.usfm +++ b/67-REV/14.usfm @@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ \s5 \v 3 The 144,000 people were singing a new song while they stood in front of the throne, in front of the four living creatures, and in front of the elders. Only the 144,000 people, the ones whom the lamb had redeemed from among the people on the earth, could learn that song. No one else could learn that song. -\v 4 Those 144,000 are the people who did not corrupt themselves with women; they were chaste. They are the ones who follow the lamb wherever he goes. These are the ones whom the lamb had redeemed for God from among the people of earth; they are the ones whom the lamb had first offered to God and to himself. +\v 4 Those 144,000 are the ones who did not corrupt themselves with women; for they never had sexual relations. They are the ones who follow the lamb wherever he goes. These are the ones whom the lamb had redeemed for God from among the people of earth; they are the ones whom the lamb had first offered to God and to himself. \v 5 These people never lied when they spoke, and they never acted immorally. \s5 - - \p \v 6 Then I saw another angel flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing God's eternal good news to earth in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, to every tribe, to speakers of every language, and to every people group. \v 7 He said in a loud voice, "Honor God and praise him because it is now time for him to judge everyone! Worship him because he is the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water." \s5 -\v 8 Another angel, a second one, came after him saying, "The very evil city of Babylon is now completely destroyed! God has punished her people because she has persuaded people of all the nations to act in sexually immoral ways just as she does. As a result, God is angry with them all and will punish them. His anger will be like wine that he will make them drink." +\v 8 Another angel, a second one, came after him saying, "The very evil city of Babylon is now completely destroyed! God has punished her people because they persuaded people of all the nations to act in sexually immoral ways just as they did. As a result, God is angry with them all and will punish them. His anger will be like wine that he will force them to drink." \s5 \v 9 Another angel, a third one, came afterward, saying in a loud voice, "If people worship the beast and its image or allow its mark to be put on their foreheads or on their hands, @@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ \p \v 14 Then I saw another surprising thing. It was a white cloud, and on the cloud someone was sitting who looked like the Son of Man. He was wearing a golden crown on his head. In his hand he held a sharp sickle. \v 15 Still another angel came out of the temple in heaven. In a loud voice, he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, "The time has come to reap the grain on the earth, so with your sickle reap the grain because the grain is ripe." -\v 16 Then the one placed his sickle on the earth and did all the work. +\v 16 Then the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and he harvested the earth. \s5 \v 17 Another angel came out of the sanctuary in heaven. He also held a sharp sickle. diff --git a/67-REV/15.usfm b/67-REV/15.usfm index 546b92ec..2b28e115 100644 --- a/67-REV/15.usfm +++ b/67-REV/15.usfm @@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ \q1 because you have shown that you have judged everyone in the right way." \s5 - - \p \v 5 After this I saw that the temple in heaven was open, where the sacred tent was. \v 6 The seven angels who had the bowls containing the seven different kinds of punishment came out of the very holy place. The angels were dressed in clean, white linen garments; they wore gold bands around their chests. diff --git a/67-REV/16.usfm b/67-REV/16.usfm index 52b159a1..063a8798 100644 --- a/67-REV/16.usfm +++ b/67-REV/16.usfm @@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ \v 1 In the vision I heard someone in the temple speak in a loud voice to the angels who had the seven bowls. He said, "Go from here and pour out on the earth the wine in the seven bowls. This will make the people suffer because God is angry with them." \s5 -\v 2 So the first angel went and poured out on the earth the wine that was in his bowl. As a result, horrible and painful sores broke out on the people who had allowed the beast's servants to write the beast's name on them, those who had worshiped the beast's image. +\v 2 So the first angel went and poured out on the earth what was contained in his bowl. As a result, horrible and painful sores broke out on the people who had allowed the beast's servants to write the beast's name on them, those who had worshiped the beast's image. \s5 -\v 3 Then the second angel poured out on the ocean the wine that was in his bowl. As a result, the water in the ocean stank like the blood of a corpse, and every creature in the ocean died. +\v 3 Then the second angel poured out upon the ocean what was contained in his bowl. When he poured out his bowl, the water changed its appearance, and it turned into blood, but not living blood, but it was like the blood of a dead man, and every creature that lived in the ocean died. \s5 -\v 4 Then the third angel poured out on the rivers and water springs the wine that was in his bowl. As a result, the water in the rivers and springs turned into blood. -\v 5 I heard the angel who has power over the waters say to God, "O God, you exist and have always existed. You are the holy one. You judge people justly. +\v 4 Then the third angel poured out upon the rivers and water springs what was contained in his bowl. When he poured out his bowl, the water in the rivers and springs turned into blood. +\v 5 I heard the angel who has power over the waters say to God, "O God, you exist and have always existed. You are the holy one. You are a fair judge of people. \v 6 The people who rebelled against you murdered your holy people and the prophets. So you are just in punishing them by giving them blood to drink. This is what they deserve." \v 7 Then I heard someone at the altar answer, "Yes, Lord God, you who are almighty, you punish people rightly and justly." \s5 -\v 8 Then the fourth angel poured out on the sun the wine that was in his bowl. He enabled the sun to scorch people with fire. +\v 8 Then the fourth angel poured out on the sun what was contained in his bowl. He was given permission to make the sun so hot that it would scorch people with fire. \v 9 So the people were severely burned, and they said evil things about God because he had the power to make them suffer in these ways. But they still refused to turn away from their evil behavior and refused to praise him. \s5 \p -\v 10 When the fifth angel poured out on the throne of the beast the wine that was in his bowl, it became dark where the beast ruled. So the beast and the people whom the beast ruled were biting their tongues because they were suffering intense pain. +\v 10 When the fifth angel poured out on the throne of the beast what was contained in his bowl, it became dark where the beast ruled. So the beast and the people whom the beast ruled were biting their tongues because they were suffering intense pain. \v 11 They insulted God who rules in heaven because their sores were so painful. But they refused to stop doing the evil things that they were doing. \s5 -\v 12 Then the sixth angel poured out on the Euphrates River the wine that was in his bowl. The water in the river dried up so that the rulers from the eastern countries could cross it with their armies. +\v 12 Then the sixth angel poured out on the Euphrates River what was contained in his bowl. The water in the river dried up so that the rulers from the eastern countries could cross it with their armies. \v 13 Then I saw evil spirits that looked like frogs. One came out of the mouth of the dragon, one from the mouth of the beast, and one from the mouth of the false prophet. \v 14 Those spirits were demons who were able to perform miracles. They went out to the rulers of the whole world in order to gather their armies. This is so that they will fight on the important day when Almighty God punishes his enemies. @@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ \s5 - - \p -\v 17 Then the seventh angel poured out into the air the wine that was in his bowl. As a result, someone said with a loud voice from the throne in the very holy place, "The time for God to punish rebellious people is finished." +\v 17 Then the seventh angel poured out into the air what was contained in his bowl. As a result, someone said with a loud voice from the throne in the very holy place, "The time for God to punish rebellious people is finished." \v 18 When the angel emptied his bowl, lightning flashed, there were rumblings and thunder, and the earth shook. It shook more violently than it had ever shaken since people first lived on earth. \v 19 As a result, the very large city split into three parts. God also destroyed the cities in the other nations. God did not forget that the people of Babylon had sinned very much. So he made them drink a cup of the wine that made them suffer because he was angry with them. diff --git a/67-REV/17.usfm b/67-REV/17.usfm index 29247763..3359f2ef 100644 --- a/67-REV/17.usfm +++ b/67-REV/17.usfm @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ \v 7 The angel said to me, "Do not be amazed. I will explain to you the hidden meaning of the woman and of the beast on which she rides, the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns. \s5 -\v 8 The beast that you saw lived previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is dead. He is about to come up from the underworld. When that beast appears again, the people on the earth will be amazed. They are people whose names have not been written in the book of life before God created the world. +\v 8 The beast that you saw lived previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is not alive. He is about to come up from the shaft that went down but had no ending. When that beast appears again, the people on the earth will be amazed. They are people whose names have not been written in the Book of Life before God created the world. \s5 \v 9 People need to think wisely to understand this: The seven heads of the beast on which the woman sits symbolize the seven hills of the city that the woman represents. They also symbolize seven rulers. diff --git a/67-REV/20.usfm b/67-REV/20.usfm index 06ecee92..777a3056 100644 --- a/67-REV/20.usfm +++ b/67-REV/20.usfm @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \s5 \p \v 11 Then I saw a huge white throne on which God was sitting. He was so fearsome that the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were no more. -\v 12 I saw that the people who had died but now lived again were standing in front of the throne. They were both important and unimportant people! The books in which God records what people do were opened. Another book was also opened, which is the book of life in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life. God judged the people who had died and now lived again according to what they had done, just as he had recorded it in the books. +\v 12 I saw that the people who had died but now lived again were standing in front of the throne. They were both important and unimportant people! The books in which God records what people do were opened. Another book was also opened, which is the Book of Life in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life. God judged the people who had died and now lived again according to what they had done, just as he had recorded it in the books. \s5 \v 13 The people whose bodies were buried in the sea became alive again in order to stand before God's throne. Everyone who had been buried on the land became alive again also in order to stand before the throne. God judged each one of them according to what each one had done. diff --git a/67-REV/21.usfm b/67-REV/21.usfm index c98b29c5..574a52a4 100644 --- a/67-REV/21.usfm +++ b/67-REV/21.usfm @@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ \s5 \v 11 It was shining with the brilliant light that came from God himself. The city was shining as a very precious jasper stone shines, and it was clear like crystal. -\v 12 Around the city was a very high wall. The wall had twelve gates. An angel was at each gate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written over the gates. Each gate had the name of one tribe. +\v 12 Around the city was a very high wall. The wall had twelve. ates. An angel was at each gate. The names of the twelve. ribes of Israel were written over the gates. Each gate had the name of one tribe. \v 13 Three gates were on the east side, three gates were on the north side, three gates were on the south side, and three gates were on the west side. \s5 -\v 14 The city wall had twelve foundation stones. On each foundation stone was the name of one of the twelve apostles whom the lamb had appointed. +\v 14 The city wall had twelve. oundation stones. On each foundation stone was the name of one of the twelve apostles whom the lamb had appointed. \p diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c6107679 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Unlocked Dynamic Bible + +*an unrestricted Bible intended for translation into any language* + +This work is based on *A Translation For Translators* by Ellis W. 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