NRSV: For it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
CEB: God is the one who enables you both to want and to actually live out his good purposes.
The NRSV is the New Revised Standard Version, which is the academic standard for biblical translation. The Common English Bible is a more accessible translation. Both are approved for use during worship in the Episcopal Church.
NRSV: In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
CEB: In the same way, let your light shine before people, so they can see the good things you do and praise your Father who is in heaven.
The NRSV is the New Revised Standard Version, which is the academic standard for biblical translation. The Common English Bible is a more accessible translation. Both are approved for use during worship in the Episcopal Church.
NRSV: So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
CEB: In the same way, faith is dead when it doesn’t result in faithful activity.
The NRSV is the New Revised Standard Version, which is the academic standard for biblical translation. The Common English Bible is a more accessible translation. Both are approved for use during worship in the Episcopal Church.
