34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

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34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;(A) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.(B)

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22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,(A) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out(B) of the synagogue.(C)

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And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

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His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,(A) who sinned,(B) this man(C) or his parents,(D) that he was born blind?”

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Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(A)
“Your own people who hate(B) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(C)

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17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

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17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child(A) will never enter it.”

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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

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“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner,(A) and now he wants to play the judge!(B) We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(A) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(B)

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I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

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I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.

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Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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15 “We who are Jews by birth(A) and not sinful Gentiles(B)

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