Verse of the Week 10/15: Proverbs 3:5-6

NRSV: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

CEB: Trust in the Lord with all your heart; don’t rely on your own intelligence. Know him in all your paths, and he will keep your ways straight.

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.

Verse of the Week 10/8: Psalm 28:7

Book of Common Prayer: The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I have been helped.*

CEB: The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him. I was helped, my heart rejoiced, and I thank him with my song.

*The verse number in the Book of Common Prayer is 28:8. (Psalm verse numberings differ by translation.)

The Common English Bible is a more accessible translation. Both are approved for use during worship in the Episcopal Church.

Verse of the Week 10/1: Romans 15:13

NRSV: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

CEB: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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.