²² ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

²³ and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

²⁴ and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

²⁵ Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

¹² let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

⁹ `Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.

¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

¹² Blessed `art' Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

¹³ With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

¹⁴ In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

¹⁵ In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

¹⁶ In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

¹⁷ `Gimel.' Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

¹¹ and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

¹³ Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

¹⁴ let all your things be done in love.

¹⁵ And I entreat you, brethren, ye have known the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and to the ministration to the saints they did set themselves --

³¹ and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

¹² but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

¹³ who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

⁶ There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

⁷ this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

⁸ that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.

⁸ He hath declared to thee, O man, what `is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

²⁴ The face of the intelligent `is' to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

¹ O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

² But -- in the law of Jehovah `is' his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

³ And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

⁴ Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

⁵ Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

⁶ For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

¹ A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.