"I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing."
NIV
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing[dispensing good to others].
AMP
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
KJV
And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
NIV
WE WANT to tell you further, brethren, about the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which has been evident in the churches of Macedonia [arousing in them the desire to give alms]AMP
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
KJV
"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
NIV
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.
AMP
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
KJV
Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
NIV
Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs (miracles) among the people.
AMP
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
KJV
And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
NIV
And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. [Judg. 13:24; I Sam. 2:26.]AMP
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
KJV
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
NIV
The cup of blessing[of wine at the Lord's Supper] upon which we ask [God's]blessing, does it not mean [that in drinking it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the blood of Christ (the Messiah)? The bread which we break, does it not mean [that in eating it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the body of Christ?
AMP
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
KJV
Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
NIV
For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.
AMP
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
KJV
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
NIV
To [you then] all God's beloved ones in Rome, called to be saints and designated for a consecrated life: Grace and spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
AMP
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
NIV
Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God.
AMP
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
KJV
