Category Archives: Scripture Paraphrase
Matthew 7:1-14 (My Paraphrase)
“Do not condemn, so that you may not be condemned. For with the condemnation you give you will be condemned, and by the measure you use you will be measured. How do you see the speck in your brother or sister’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can [...]
2 Corinthians 4:7-11 (My Paraphrase)
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that this measureless power comes from God and not from us. We are troubled in every way, but not distressed; see no way out, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed; always carrying in our body the death [...]
Scriptures for Epiphany
Here are the scriptures for Epiphany paraphrased in a more contemporary fashion. Isaiah 60:1-6 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, even though darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness the people; the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be [...]
Matthew 2:1-18 – My Paraphrase
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the time of King Herod, magi from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ When King Herod heard this, [...]
Ephesians 3:1-13 – My Paraphrase
For this reason, I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— for surely you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote before in a few words. Therefore, [...]
Psalm 72:1-7; 10-14 – My Paraphrase
Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains bring prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to to the [...]
Isaiah 60:1-6 – My Paraphrase
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness [...]
Luke 2:21-40 – My Paraphrase
After eight days had passed, the child was circumcised and given the name Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. When the time for Mary’s purification according to the law of Moses was finished, they brought him up to Jerusalem to offer him to the Lord (as it [...]
Isaiah 63:7-9 – My Paraphrase
I will remember the loving kindness of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Eternal One, because of all the Lord has done for us, and the great goodness he has bestowed on the house of Israel because of his compassion and the greatness of his mercy. For the Lord said, “Surely they are my [...]
Galatians 4:4-7 – My Paraphrase
But when the right time had come, God sent his Son. He was born of a woman and born under the Law, in order to free those under the Law, so that we might be adopted as God’s children. And now that we are God’s sons and daughters, God has sent the Spirit of his [...]
