For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
NIV
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
AMP
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
KJV
"And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous – to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
NIV
And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]--in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state]. [Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5, 6.]AMP
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
KJV
Because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
NIV
For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [of the body after death].
AMP
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
KJV
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
NIV
He must not be a new convert, or he may [develop a beclouded and stupid state of mind] as the result of pride [be blinded by conceit, and] fall into the condemnation that the devil [once] did. [Isa. 14:12-14.]AMP
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
KJV
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
NIV
And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
AMP
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
KJV
Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.
NIV
He, foreseeing this, spoke [by foreknowledge] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah) that He was not deserted [in death] and left in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor did His body know decay or see destruction. [Ps. 16:10.]AMP
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
KJV
Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
NIV
Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God's favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.
AMP
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
KJV
Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king's liberality.
NIV
Drinks were served in different kinds of golden goblets, and there was royal wine in abundance, according to the liberality of the king.
AMP
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
KJV
Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
NIV
Tychicus will give you full information about my affairs; [he is] a much-loved brother and faithful ministering assistant and fellow servant [with us] in the Lord.
AMP
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
KJV
