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13 so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. [Amen.](A)

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13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless(A) and holy in the presence of our God and Father(B) when our Lord Jesus comes(C) with all his holy ones.(D)

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Yet his degenerate children have treated him basely,
    a twisted and crooked generation!(A)

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They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(A)

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Coming Persecutions. 16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.

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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)

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40 He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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But those with insight shall shine brightly
    like the splendor of the firmament,
And those who lead the many to justice
    shall be like the stars[a] forever.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:3 Like the stars: like the heavenly host, or angels. Cf. Mt 22:30.

Those who are wise[a](A) will shine(B) like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness,(C) like the stars for ever and ever.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom

14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.(A)

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14 “You are the light of the world.(A) A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

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16 Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.(A)

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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others,(A) that they may see your good deeds(B) and glorify(C) your Father in heaven.

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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,(A)

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For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B)

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