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Gloria Copeland — Brothers and Sisters in the LordPosted on November 25th, 2009
Psalm 133:1
KJV—Behold, how good and how pleasant
it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
NIV—How good and pleasant it is when
brothers live together in unity!
NAS—Behold, how good and how pleasant
it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
Proverbs 17:17
KJV—A friend loveth at all times, and a
brother is born for adversity.
NIV—A friend loves at all times, and a
brother is born for adversity.
Amp—A friend loves at all times, and is
born, as is a brother, for adversity.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
KJV—Two are better than one; because
they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:
but woe to him that is alone when
he falleth; for he hath not another to help
him up. Again, if two lie together, then
they have heat: but how can one be warm
alone? And if one prevail against him, two
shall withstand him; and a threefold cord
is not quickly broken.
NKJV—Two are better than one, because
they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
But woe to him who is alone when
he falls, for he has no one to help him
up. Again, if two lie down together, they
will keep warm; but how can one be warm
alone? Though one may be overpowered
by another, two can withstand him. And a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Amp—Two are better than one, because
they have a good [more satisfying] reward
for their labor; for if they fall, the one will
lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is
alone when he falls and has not another
to lift him up! Again, if two lie together,
then they have warmth; but how can one
be warm alone? And though a man might
prevail against him who is alone, two will
withstand him. A threefold cord is not
quickly broken.
Matthew 6:14
KJV—For if ye forgive men their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive
you.
NIV—For if you forgive men when they
sin against you, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you.
Amp—For if you forgive people their
trespasses—that is, their reckless and
willful sins, leaving them, letting them go
and giving up resentment—your heavenly
Father will also forgive you.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Lord Watches Over The Widows and OrphansPosted on November 18th, 2009
Jeremiah 29:11
KJV—For I know the thoughts that I think
toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.
Amp—For I know the thoughts and plans
that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts
and plans for welfare and peace, and not for
evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
NAS—“For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 49:11
KJV—Leave thy fatherless children, I will
preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me.
NIV—Leave your orphans; I will protect
their lives. Your widows too can trust in me.
Amp—Leave your fatherless children, I will
[do what is necessary to] preserve them
alive; and let [those made] your widows
trust and confide in Me.
1 Corinthians 7:32
NKJV—But I want you to be without
care. He who is unmarried cares for the
things that belong to the Lord—how he
may please the Lord.
NIV—I would like you to be free from
concern. An unmarried man is concerned
about the Lord’s affairs—how he can
please the Lord.
Amp—My desire is to have you free from
all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried
[man] is anxious about the things
of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34
NKJV—There is a difference between a
wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman
cares about the things of the Lord, that
she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
NIV—An unmarried woman or virgin is
concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her
aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both
body and spirit.
Amp—And the unmarried woman or girl
is concerned and anxious about the matters
of the Lord, how to be wholly separated
and set apart in body and spirit.
1 Timothy 5:3-5
KJV—Honour widows that are widows
indeed…. Now she that is a widow indeed,
and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth
in supplications and prayers night and day.
NIV—Give proper recognition to those widows
who are really in need…. The widow who
is really in need and left all alone puts her
hope in God and continues night and day to
pray and to ask God for help.
Amp—[Always] treat with great consideration
and give aid to those who are truly
widowed—solitary and without support….
Now [a woman] who is a real widow, and
is left entirely alone and desolate, has
fixed her hope on God and perseveres in
supplications and prayers night and day.
James 1:27
KJV—Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, to visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
NIV—Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this: to look
after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.
Weymouth—The religion which is pure
and stainless in the sight of our God and
Father is to visit orphans and widows in
their time of trouble, and to keep one’s
own self unspotted from the world.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Single-And Married to HimPosted on November 12th, 2009
Exodus 22:22-23
KJV—Ye shall not afflict any widow, or
fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any
wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will
surely hear their cry.
NKJV—You shall not afflict any widow or
fatherless child. If you afflict them in any
way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely
hear their cry.
NIV—Do not take advantage of a widow
or an orphan. If you do and they cry out to
me, I will certainly hear their cry.
Deuteronomy 14:29
KJV—The fatherless, and the widow,
which are within thy gates, shall come,
and shall eat and be satisfied.
NKJV—The fatherless and the widow
who are within your gates, may come and
eat and be satisfied.
NIV—The fatherless and the widows who
live in your towns may come and eat and
be satisfied.
Psalm 68:5
KJV—A father of the fatherless, and a
judge of the widows, is God in his holy
habitation.
NIV—A father to the fatherless, a defender
of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
Amp—A father of the fatherless, and a
judge and protector of the widows, is God
in His holy habitation.
Psalm 68:6
NIV—God sets the lonely in families.
Amp—God places the solitary in families and
gives the desolate a home in which to dwell.
NAS—God makes a home for the lonely.
Psalm 146:9
KJV—The Lord preserveth the strangers;
he relieveth the fatherless and widow.
NKJV—The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow.
NIV—The Lord watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow.
Proverbs 15:25
KJV—The Lord will destroy the house of
the proud: but he will establish the border
of the widow.
NKJV—The Lord will destroy the house
of the proud, but He will establish the
boundary of the widow.
NIV—The Lord tears down the proud
man’s house but he keeps the widow’s
boundaries intact.
Isaiah 54:5
KJV—For thy Maker is thine husband;
the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy
Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God
of the whole earth shall he be called.
NKJV—For your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is His name; and your
Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is
called the God of the whole earth.
NIV—For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—the Holy
One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is
called the God of all the earth.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Motherhood ScripturesPosted on November 4th, 2009
Titus 2:3-5
KJV—The aged women likewise, that they
be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things; that they may
teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children,
to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemed.
NIV—Likewise, teach the older women
to be reverent in the way they live, not to
be slanderers or addicted to much wine,
but to teach what is good. Then they can
train the younger women to love their husbands
and children, to be self-controlled
and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind,
and to be subject to their husbands, so
that no one will malign the word of God.
Amp—Bid the older women similarly to
be reverent and devout in their deportment,
as becomes those engaged in sacred
service, not slanderers or slaves to drink.
They are to give good counsel and be
teachers of what is right and noble, so that
they will wisely train the young women to
be sane and sober-minded—temperate,
disciplined—and to love their husbands
and their children; to be self-controlled,
chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kindhearted),
adapting and subordinating
themselves to their husbands, that the
word of God may not be exposed to reproach—
blasphemed or discredited.
Genesis 18:14
KJV—Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
At the time appointed I will return unto
thee, according to the time of life, and
Sarah shall have a son.
Amp—Is anything too hard or too wonderful
for the Lord? At the appointed time,
when the season [for her delivery] comes
around, I will return to you and Sarah
shall have borne a son.
Exodus 23:26
NKJV—No one shall suffer miscarriage
or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the
number of your days.
NIV—None will miscarry or be barren in
your land. I will give you a full life span.
Amp—None shall lose her young by miscarriage
or be barren in your land; I will fulfill
the number of your days.
Deuteronomy 7:13-14
KJV—And he will love thee, and bless
thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless
the fruit of thy womb…. Thou shalt be
blessed above all people: there shall not
be male or female barren among you, or
among your cattle.
NKJV—And He will love you and bless
you and multiply you; He will also bless
the fruit of your womb…. You shall be
blessed above all peoples; there shall not
be a male or female barren among you or
among your livestock.
NIV—He will love you and bless you and
increase your numbers. He will bless the
fruit of your womb…. You will be blessed
more than any other people; none of your
men or women will be childless, nor any
of your livestock without young.
Deuteronomy 28:11
KJV—And the Lord shall make thee plenteous
in goods, in the fruit of thy body,
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy ground, in the land which the
Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
NKJV—And the Lord will grant you
plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body,
in the increase of your livestock, and in
the produce of your ground, in the land
of which the Lord swore to your fathers to
give you.
NIV—The Lord will grant you abundant
prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the
young of your livestock and the crops of
your ground—in the land he swore to your
forefathers to give you.