And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.
NIV
And the [instructions] which you have heard from me along with many witnesses, transmit and entrust [as a deposit] to reliable and faithful men who will be competent and qualified to teach others also.
AMP
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
KJV
"Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified."
NIV
And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God's set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).
AMP
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
KJV
But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
NIV
But he who did not know and did things worthy of a beating shall be beaten with few [lashes]. For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required; and of him to whom men entrust much, they will require and demand all the more. [Num. 15:29, 30; Deut. 25:2, 3.]AMP
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
KJV
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
NIV
Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.
AMP
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
KJV
Those who are born of God will not continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
NIV
No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.
AMP
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
KJV
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins people commit are outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.
NIV
Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
AMP
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
KJV
